Will facilitate Azadi March's welcome, farewell: Aviation Minister

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Aviation, Ghulam Sarwar Khan in a statement today said that the government will welcome the people participating in ‘Azadi March’ to the capital along with giving them a send off on there way back, ARY News reported on Tuesday.

The minister also said that the Azadi marchers should not even think about demanding the Prime Minister’s resignation.

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Expressing resolve and faith in the incumbent government and it’s capabilities, the minister said that the current regime was standing tall despite all odds.

He reiterated that a peaceful protest was a democratic right as means to show dissent and would be shown the decorum for the people to exercise there due right within legal norms.

Earlier, on Oct 27, JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman had confirmed that an agreement between the political party and administration of Islamabad had been reached on the venue of ‘Azadi March’.

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Maulana Fazl in a statement said they would abide by the agreement under which they will hold a rally in a ground near Islamabad’s H-9 sector and not enter the ‘Red Zone’.

He clarified the agreement was reached with the Islamabad administration and not the government.