MULTAN: Police on Wednesday arrested Ali Musa Gillani, the son of former Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani after he reached Chehlyak police station in Multan to stage a protest by violating COVID-19 SOPs.
Sources said police have registered a case against 70 PPP activists including sons of Yousaf Raza Gillani, Ali Musa Gillani and Abdul Qadir Gillani, for violating COVID-19 SOPs after they took out a rally in the city.
Sources said Ali Musa Gillani went to the Chehlyak police station to express solidarity with the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) activists, who were arrested by the police for taking out the rally.
Several PPP activists have gathered in large numbers outside the police station to protest over the arrest of Yousaf Raza Gillani’s son.
The Punjab government has registered a bogus FIR based on false and ridiculous charges Abdul Qadir Gilani, myself and @MediaCellPPP/@OfficialPDM workers. 1/ pic.twitter.com/NAlX03euEr
— Kasim Gilani (@KasimGillani) November 24, 2020
Meanwhile, PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari also condemned the arrest of Ali Musa Gillani and termed it hooliganism from the incumbent selected rulers.
“The government elected through rigging is now bent upon suppressing people’s voice,” he said adding that those trying to stop anti-government protest will not succeed in their efforts.
Holding a peaceful protest was a constitutional right and barring it was against the constitution, Bilawal Bhutto said. He demanded of the Punjab IGP to immediately release Ali Musa Gillani.
It is pertinent to mention here that the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) is planning to hold a massive power show in Multan on November 30 and Yousaf Raza Gillani had claimed that it would be the largest political rally in the region.
