JUI-F’s ‘Azadi March’ sets out for Islamabad from Karachi’s Sohrab Goth area – Pakistan

Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) & # 39; Azadi March & # 39 ;, led by the head of the faction Maulana Fazlur Rehman, departed Sunday afternoon from the Sohrab Goth area of ​​Karachi to Islamabad

Thousands of people, including seminary students, participate in the march. In addition, convoys of political parties, including the PPP, the PML-N, the Awami National Party (ANP) and others, joined the march.

In addition to the leadership of JUI-F, PPP leaders Raza Rabbani, Saeed Ghani, PML-N leaders Mohammad Zubair, Nihal Hashmi, Shahi Syed of ANP and others, are aboard the main container.

Addressing the participants of the march, Maulana Fazlur Rehman said: "We promised our Kashmir brothers that we will observe one day to express solidarity with them."

"The whole nation is on the same page on the topic of Kashmir," he said, adding that there has been a curfew in Kashmir for the past three months. He demanded that the international community take note of human rights violations in occupied Kashmir.

Speaking about the internal political scene, the head of the JUI-F said that the opposition had denied all the demands of the negotiation team sent by the government and will keep its seat according to the decisions taken by the judiciary.

"Prime Minister Imran Khan will have to resign. Hundreds of thousands have gathered in Karachi; what will the government do when people across the country arrive in Islamabad?" she asked.

The JUI-F chief questioned the forces that had brought Moin Qureshi [a green card holder] from abroad in 1993 to appoint him as interim prime minister for three months. "Our citizenship [on the other hand] is questioned declare us Pashtun and Afghan, "he said.

Rehman's comments come in the context of the Pemra directive, a day earlier, asking all television channels to refrain from inviting Hafiz Hamdullah from JUI-F, saying that he is a "confirmed alien."

The head of the JUI-F said the opposition does not believe in such "defective laws." He said the opposition does believe in democracy and the Constitution and wants the sovereignty of the country.

"I will announce the future course of action in Islamabad," he said.

"We support positive policy. We have spent our entire lives in loyalty to the country's Constitution and we have faced extremism (in return)," he said, adding that the government will have to respond for the tactics it has been using against the opposition. . .

He thanked the political leaders who participated in the march.

On Sunday night, the caravan arrived in Hyderabad and, after a brief stopover, set off for Sakrand, the district of origin of the president of PPP MPs Asif Ali Zardari. The goal was to reach Sukkur, where the caravan will remain overnight before continuing on to Punjab.

The head of the JUI-F delivered a brief speech to his party workers accused at the turnoff that awaited him from noon. The JUI-F cadre of the Hyderabad and Mirpurkhas divisions joined the march in the bypass.

Rehman said the way JUI-F supporters had welcomed him has emboldened the entire nation. He said that with this show of spirit "this sea of ​​people will arrive in Islamabad to sweep the rulers of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf like a straw."

He thanked political parties for supporting his march. "I want to give a clear message to the rulers through this march that we do not accept their illegitimate power," he said.

He promised to expose the conspiracies plotted by Pakistani rulers against the people of Kashmir, saying that the nation will not accept the "negotiation of rulers" in Kashmir.

Rehman said JUI-F would not allow them to sell Kashmir and keep the cashmere movement alive. He also said he would not allow "an attack on democracy" or allow anyone "to commit a robbery by the Pakistani votes."

The JUI-F leader said that his party had fought for civil liberties and the democratic process and that he was again at the forefront of the fight.

Meanwhile, thousands of supporters of the opposition parties left Quetta to participate in the march. The head of JUI-F Balochistan, Maulana Abdul Wasey, directed the caravan. The march began from the Kuchlak area of ​​Quetta.

"We will continue our fight until the elimination of the current rulers," Maulana Wasey told reporters before leaving for Islamabad.

"Our sitting will continue in Islamabad until the resignation of the prime minister," said PPP leader Ali Madad Jattak.

The participants of the march will pass through Loralai and Dera Ghazi Khan in Punjab and then arrive in Islamabad to join the anti-government protest.

& # 39; Deal with the administration still intact & # 39;

Later, Rehman's spokesman issued a statement, refuting reports that the agreement with the government had been interrupted.

"Our agreement with the administration is still standing. Do not pay attention to reports that suggest otherwise," the statement said, citing Rehman.

The JUI-F leader said the party "was not in the mood to end."

"Our agreement was never with the government. We reached an agreement with the administration that is still intact," he said.

"If the government at the beginning has become so fearful and wishes to launch revenge tactics, then that is only theirs. We are peaceful people and we will exercise our right to protest in the field of law."

Government, opposition agreement

Earlier on Saturday, the government and the opposition signed an agreement whereby the terms and conditions of the & # 39; March of Azadi & # 39; Anti-government were noted.

At a press conference, the head of the government negotiating committee, Defense Minister Pervez Khattak, reiterated the promise of Prime Minister Imran Khan that the participants "will not see obstacles" from the government while the protest is peaceful.

Under the agreement, the government will not stand in the way of protesters and "neither will the participants face any difficulty in delivering food."

Participants may not venture far from the designated place. Another condition is that the responsibility for internal security lies with the organizers.

The JUI-F leader, Akram Durrani, had announced earlier that day that the participants of the march "will not enter the Red Zone" of Islamabad.

Durrani had said that the protest march "will not continue." "We will make more decisions when appropriate."

He had reiterated the demands of the party, namely the resignation of the prime minister, new elections, no interference from the military and the protection of clauses related to Islam within the Constitution.

He had also asked NAB to release all political prisoners.