ISLAMABAD: Minister for Interior Sheikh Rashid Ahmad on Monday asked Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) to change the date of protest of March 23 due to Pakistan Day.
Talking to media, the minister said that opposition parties have been clarified that they will be responsible if any untoward incident will occur on March 23. No action will be taken against you if you won’t take law in your hands, Sheikh Rashid said to PDM leaders.
Meanwhile, the interior minister said that the cyber-crime wing will be further strengthened to meet the emerging challenges as more resources will be provided to them. Earlier, Sheikh Rashid said that PDM decision anti-inflation march on Pakistan Day is absolutely wrong, therefore, the date must be changed as routes to Islamabad will be closed before March 23.
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Earlier this month, the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) had announced to hold an “anti-inflation march” in Islamabad on March 23 — Pakistan Day — in light of the “government’s failures” on several fronts.
Speaking to the media in Islamabad after a meeting of the heads of the PDM’s component parties, PDM chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said that the people from across the country will gather in Islamabad to protest against the “rising inflation and government’s failures”.
Rehman stated that the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) was brought into power as a result of rigging in the 2018 general elections, because of which it was facing failure on several fronts. He said PDM meetings will be held at a provincial level to prepare a strategy for the march.
