PDM is “stronger than before”: Maulana Fazl

Pakistan Democratic Movement head Maulana Fazlur Rehman said that the alliance is “is stronger than before”, adding that rumours about conflicts within the anti-government group are false.

Maulana was speaking to press following a meeting at Jati Umra in Lahore to mull future strategy.

He said that the alliance will take part in the by-polls, but a decision related to the Senate elections will be taken later.

He added that the alliance is ready, more than ever, to rid the people of Pakistan from the incumbent government, and reiterated that the government only has one month to resign, after which PDM members will join heads and start planning the long march.

“We will decide whether to hold long march towards Rawalpindi or Islamabad,” he said, adding that the alliance will announce the date and venue soon.

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Fazl said that PDM would announce the long march’s date later. However, before that, it would hold demonstrations outside the Election Commission of Pakistan on January 19.

Fazl also revealed that the 11-party alliance would arrange protests outside the National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) offices.

Speaking further about the anti-graft watchdog, Fazl said that it was created to “solely” target the Opposition.

“We cannot overlook Khawaja Asif’s arrest,” he asserted.

Talking about his meeting with PML-F leader Mohammad Ali Durrani, Fazl said that the latter had come unannounced.

“Ali Durrani presented the philosophy of national dialogue,” Fazl said, adding: “I told him that negotiations were out of the question.”