PDM Karachi rally marred by pandemonium

KARACHI: The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) public gathering in Karachi was marred by ruckus when female activists of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) fought with each other, ARY News reported on Sunday.

As per details, the PDM’s public gathering in Karachi was marred by ruckus as participants broke barbed wires when the main leadership of opposition parties reached Bagh-e-Jinnah to address the rally.

A scuffle also took place between Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) workers outside the main gate of Quaid’s mausoleum. The PDM workers also entered into the women enclosure.

Earlier today, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Captain (retd) Muhammad Safdar and the party workers on Sunday violated the sanctity of the mausoleum of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammed Ali Jinnah and chanted political slogans inside the mausoleum.

Captain (retd) Muhammad Safdar made PML-N workers raise political slogans when his wife Maryam Nawaz reached at the Quaid-e-Azam’s mausoleum to offer fateha.

It is pertinent to mention here that the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) on Sunday organized a second rally in Karachi.

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Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) president and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) vice president Maryam Nawaz and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and other political leaders addressed the gathering.

Maryam thanks Karachi people for warm welcome

Addressing the Pakistan Democratic Movement’s (PDM) power show at the Bagh-e-Jinnah in Karachi, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) vice-president Maryam Nawaz thanked the people of Karachi for according her a warm welcome.

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The PML-N leader paid tribute to the provincial government and lauded the services of Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah for their efforts amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Maryam Nawaz once again criticised the federal government over inflation in the country and termed PML-N’s reign as glorious.

Without naming anyone, the PML-N leader also warned against any attempt to ban the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz as it is represented by millions of people.

Bilawal demands withdrawal of island ordinance

Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Sunday demanded of the federal government to withdraw the ordinance aimed at taking control of the two islands along Karachi’s coast.

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari warned that they will bring a bill in the Senate if the federal government does not retract the ordinance till Wednesday. He maintained that they will not let anyone to occupy the Sindh’s property.

Criticizing the federal government, the PPP chairman said that the Karachi package turned out to be a ‘U-turn’. He said that the Sindh government did not get a single penny from the centre in connection with the Karachi package.