ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Awami National Party (ANP) have accepted the invitation of the joint opposition’s long march to Islamabad on March 23. Said media sources.
The announcement came after the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) head Maulana Fazlur Rehman unveiled a plan to start a long march towards Islamabad on March 23.
Both PPP and ANP were initially part of PDM when it formed last year, but later both the party parted ways over differences on resignations from assemblies.
Addressing the media after the meeting of the joint opposition in Islamabad Maulana Fazlur Rehman said that PPP) and ANP had also been invited to take part in the long march. He expressed the confidence that their response would be positive.
The PDM chief announced a long march to Islamabad and asked the workers to reach Islamabad on March 23 for a ‘massive’ power show at Constitutional Avenue in front of the Parliament House.
According to the joint opposition’s declaration, PDM and other opposition parties have decided to hold a joint rally at Constitutional Avenue in front of the Parliament House.
It read that the prime minister and the incumbent government have adopted a path to spread violence and the violation of the Constitution by threatening lawmakers from joining the House proceedings.
The joint opposition censured the incumbent government led by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) for allegedly using negative tactics by announcing its rally at D-Chowk. They warned the PTI government to refrain from choosing the path leading towards chaos, anarchy, and clash.
