‘No retreating now,’ says Fazl as JUI-F’s Azadi March enters Punjab – Pakistan

Azadi March of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), an anti-government movement calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Imran Khan, entered Punjab on Monday night, a party spokesman said. DawnNewsTV.

The head of JUI-F Punjab, Maulana Attiqueur Rehman, welcomed the participants of the march when they arrived in the city of Kot Sabzal in the district of Rahim Yar Khan after traveling from Sukkur.

Early today, the head of JUI-F, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, while addressing the protesters had said: "The war has been announced and now [the party] It cannot be removed. We are moving forward with full confidence. We have to protect the Constitution, democracy and Pakistan because the current government has put the country's survival at risk. "

"The Constitution has made a joke in this country," he said, claiming that the prime minister has become a security risk. "He [Prime Minister Imran] It has ruined the economy and a country with a devastated economy cannot survive. We approach the masses against them and take out 15 million marches and now we can help people get rid of the government, "said the head of the JUI-F.

Rehman said the government is restricting the media.

"When the false prime minister talks to the media, he says he did not impose any restrictions. He should tell the nation under whose supervision the Pakistan Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra), which issued a letter restricting television presenters, works ".

PPP President Sindh, Nisar Khuhro, Ali Akbar Gujjar of PML-N, Allama Shah Owais Noorani of Jamiat Ulema-i-Pakistan (JUIP) and others also headed for the march.

The so-called Azadi March had left Sunday afternoon from the Sohrab Goth area of ​​Karachi towards Islamabad. Thousands of people, including seminary students, participate in the march. In addition, convoys of political parties, including the PPP, PML-N, the Awami National Party (ANP) and others are also part of the march.

Protesters, who spent the night in Sukkur on Sunday, are scheduled to enter Islamabad on October 31.

During the trip to Sukkur, they passed through many towns and cities of Sindh, including Hyderabad, Sakrand, Nawabshah and Sanghar. However, there was a sudden change in the itinerary of the head of JUI-F, Rehman, who directed the protesters from Karachi to Hyderabad, and instead of moving towards Sukkur with the protesters, he went to Larkana.

Rehman joined the protesters again today.

Fazl will announce "important decision"

Before the protesters began their journey from Karachi, the leaders of the opposition parties that supported the anti-government march addressed them from a stage installed in a container.

All called for the resignation of Prime Minister Imran and the holding of new elections in the country.

Rehman in his speech criticized the policies of the government of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and said he would not give in to his demand for the resignation of the prime minister. He said he would announce an important decision after the march reached Islamabad.

He said his party had not accepted the PTI government as legitimate, calling it the product of a fraudulent election.

He said the Azadi March would remain within the parameters of the laws of the land.