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KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and other leaders on Sunday hit out at the government after more PPP activists were arrested in Multan, vowing that the opposition Pakistan Democratic Movement’s (PDM) November 30 pubic gathering will go ahead.
On a social media website Twitter, Bilawal said, “PTI’s government is so threatened by PPPs upcoming foundation day in Multan, Punjab. They yet again attacked & arrested our workers including @KasimGillani”.
“We will host PDM on Nov 30 come what may. @AseefaBZ will be reaching to represent me. The meeting will continue #JalsaTouHoga,” he added.
PTI’s government is so threaten by PPPs upcoming foundation day in Multan, Punjab. They yet again attacked & arrested our workers including @KasimGillani. We will host PDM on Nov 30 come what may. @AseefaBZ will be reaching to represent me. #JalsaTouHoga
— BilawalBhuttoZardari (@BBhuttoZardari) November 28, 2020
Meanwhile, reacting to the arrest of PDM leaders and political activists, Syeda Shehla Raza, a senior leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party and Sindh Minister for Women’s Development, said that the state was committing the worst violence.
Shehla Raza said that Ali Haider Gilani, son of former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, was arrested outside Qasim Bagh while police also arrested Qasim Gilani, another son of Yousuf Gilani.
These two political leaders were the organizers of the meeting of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) in Multan, by arresting whom the state has committed the worst violence, Shehla Raza added.
سابق وزیر اعظم یوسف رضا گیلانی کے صاحب زادی علی حیدر گیلانی کو قاسم باغ کے باہر سے گرفتار کرلیا گیا ہے،یوسف گیلانی کے دوسرے صاحب زادی قاسم گیلانی کو بھی گرفتار کرلیا گیا،یہ دونوں ہی جلسہ کے آرگنائزر تھے،ریاست بد ترین تشدد کر رہی ہے
— Syeda Shehla Raza (@SyedaShehlaRaza) November 28, 2020
On the other hand, the Sindh Minister for Information, Syed Nasir Hussain Shah said that the PTI government was using cheap tactics and creating hurdles by placing containers, arresting PPP workers in Multan and warned that if public gathering on PPP Foundation Day would not be permitted in Multan then it would be celebrated all over the country.
The Multan administration has arrested various Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) leaders and workers belonging to different political parties including Kasim Gillani, the son of ex-premier Yousaf Raza Gillani after they stormed into the rally venue Qila Kohna Qasim Bagh stadium by removing barriers.
In view of growing COVID-19 concerns, the district administration in Multan has refused to allow the PDM rally. The administration also made arrests and registered cases to prevent the PDM rally. It also sealed all routes going to the venue with containers and released water inside the stadium as well.
According to sources, Multan police and administration blocked the central routes of the Qila Kohna Qasim Bagh stadium and removed the tents, chairs and other equipment from the venue of the PDM rally. “At this time, no PDM leaders or workers are present at the rally’s venue, sources added.
Asifa Bhutto Zardari, Maryam Nawaz Sharif, Maulana Fazlur Rehman and other leaders are slated to address the PDM rally for which the host party, PPP, has also prepared Plans B and C.
