PDM meeting to be held in Quetta tomorrow

QUETTA: Another Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) meeting will be held in Quetta tomorrow.

Preparations for the PDM’s Quetta meeting are in full swing at the football ground of Ayub Stadium in Quetta. More than 4,000 personnel, including police and FC, have been deployed for the security of the rally.

Flags and banners of various political parties have been hung all over Quetta while PDM chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman reached Kalat last night besides Mahmood Khan Achakzai, Abdul Malik Baloch, and Sardar Akhtar Mengal.

PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz will arrive in Quetta today with her 10-member delegation. Chairman PPP Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will reach Quetta tomorrow by a special flight from Gilgit and if he does not reach Quetta, he will address the meeting through video link.

The former prime minister and PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif will address the gathering via video link from London. Earlier, the PDM held its first meeting in Gujranwala and it’s second in Karachi.

Moreover, the Balochistan government appealed to the leadership of the PDM to postpone its public meeting in view of security threats.

Provincial government’s spokesman Liaquat Ali Shahwani said the National Counter Terrorism Authority (Nacta) had issued a security alert for the public rallies of opposition parties in Quetta and Peshawar, saying there was credible information about the possibility of subversive activities.