ISLAMABAD, May 15, 2023: Federal Minister for Interior Rana Sanaullah Khan on Sunday said that the chief of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) Maulana Fazlur Rehman will decide the venue of the sit-in after consultation with other heads of allied parties.
Talking to the media after meeting with the PDM chief he said, earlier the heads of all the political parties in the PDM decided the venue of the peaceful sit-in and no change can be made it without their consultation.
“Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has given a mandate to Maulana Fazlur Rehman to decide about the venue of the sit-in and after consultation with other parties’ heads decision will be made,” he added. He expressed the hope that decision will be made in the morning.
He said that the government has made comprehensive security arrangements. Police, political workers and administration have been assigned the duties, he added.
Finance Minister Senator Ishaq Dar said the sit-in will be peaceful.
Fazl says PDM to continue sit-in outside SC till CJP Bandial resigns
Earlier, the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) president Maulana Fazlur Rehman has announced that PDM will continue sit-in outside the Supreme Court of Pakistan until the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Umar Ata Bandial resigns from his office.
The 13 parties’ political alliance is all set to hold a sit-in outside the SC on Monday (today) to protest the judiciary’s “favour” to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan.
The protest sit-in is being held side by side the hearing of the Election Commission of Pakistan’s (ECP) plea asking the apex court to revisit its order of holding elections to the Punjab Assembly on May 14. The petition will be heard a day after the court-ordered election deadline lapses.
As the Islamabad High Court (IHC) eliminated all possibilities of PTI chief Imran Khan’s arrest in all cases until Monday (May 15) a day after the apex court had declared Mr Khan’s arrest in the Al-Qadir Trust corruption case “illegal”, Mr Rehman announced the protest and sit-in outside the top court.
The PDM chief made the announcement after an emergency meeting of the PDM, attended by various political leaders including Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, and PML-N chief organizer Maryam Nawaz.
Speaking to the media after the meeting, Mr Rehman criticised the top court for granting bail to Mr Khan in all cases after May 9, and for allegedly giving him preferential treatment. He accused the court of protecting the crime instead of eliminating it and protecting the criminal (Imran Khan).
He also criticised the court for allegedly exceeding its constitutional and legal authority by ordering authorities to refrain from arresting Mr Khan even in unknown cases. He lamented that similar concessions were not given to Nawaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz, or Faryal Talpur.