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LAKKI MARWAT/ISLAMABAD: The Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has warned the government that it will respond in the same coin if it used force to disrupt the Pakistan Democrtic Movement's (PDM) Lahore rally.

Addressing the late Sheikhul Hadith Maulana Amanullah Conference in Sarai Naurang, Lakki Marwat, the JUI-F leader blamed “selected rulers” for facilitating India's occupation of Kashmir and destroying the country's economy.

He alleged that the government has started talking about recognising Israel.

"After the Kashmir fiasco, our rulers have now started talking about the recognition of Israel but the JUI-F and the people of Pakistan will foil all such designs,” he asserted.

The JUI-F chief went on to say that the opposition parties wanted their armed forces to carry on their duties as professional soldiers. “They are our strength and should concentrate to protect the geographical frontiers of the country,” he went on to add.

Every institution should play its due role under the Constitution so that the country could face the challenges with unity, he said, urging party workers to participate in PDM's Lahore rally to send a strong message to “selected rulers”.

Deploring the arrest and registration of cases against opposition workers. he said: “The opposition can’t be cowed down through such tactics. The Lahore rally would be the last nail in the coffin of the selected government.”

'Govt’s blind political revenge is still ongoing'

Meanwhile, PML-N senior leader Rana Sanaullah said people will express solidarity with the PDM at the Minar-e-Pakistan.

Speaking to the media, Sanaullah said that the opposition will send Prime Minister Imran Khan packing. He said the PML-N will resign from assemblies if the PDM proceeds with that decision. He said the incumbent government’s blind political revenge is still ongoing.

“I was first accused of owning property worth two billion rupees in Australia. A fake case was lodged against me. Drug peddlers were brought from Faisalabad to testify against me, but the government did not find any witness against me despite all the pressure,” said Sanaullah.

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Maryam says PDM to make 'big decisions', asks workers to not fall under 'pressure'

PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz addressed a social media workers convention in Lahore on Saturday during which she said Pakistan Democratic Movement is due to make big decisions and urged party workers to not fall under any "pressure".

Urging them to remain steadfast, she said the party workers must embrace any cases registered against them by the government.

Maryam said the people must know "how fearful the government is" of the Opposition. She said that "the most that the government can do" is register cases.

"You must take these charge sheets, string them together and wear them proudly like a garland," she told party workers, as she lamented that as many as "3,000 first information reports (FIRs)" are filed after every rally held by the Opposition.

Her remarks came ahead of a rally planned by the Pakistan Democratic Movement at Lahore's Minar-e-Pakistan monument on December 13. Although Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that the 11-party Opposition alliance will not be prevented from holding the rally, he vowed that cases will be registered against all organisers and facilitators of the rally as large gatherings are a violation of coronavirus safety protocols.

PDM's next moves

Maryam said that the PDM is about to make big decisions, hinting at resignations or possibly a long march, ahead of a meeting between alliance members on December 8.

"The people of Pakistan have won this war. Victory only remains to be declared in the rally on the 13th," she said.

She asked elected representatives, meanwhile, to not fall under any sort of "pressure".

'Imran Khan must be called by his new name'

Taking aim at the government, she said that with a single roti (piece of bread) costing Rs30, a family of 8-10 people have no hope of making ends meet.

She said PM Imran Khan used to claim that the "green passport will be respected across the world" but now flights from Pakistan have been banned.

"Is there anyone who can ask him what became of the claims he made?" she inquired.

Speaking of the delay in LNG procurement, which ultimately led to high gas prices, she said "the prime minister's friends who run his kitchen were benefited".

"People hardly have any supply of gas in their homes, but they get unbelievably high bills," she followed by saying, adding that owing to the government's "mismanagement", a loss of Rs122bn had been incurred.

She dared the "fake and cowardly" prime minister to come and mingle with the people for two minutes.

The PML-N vice president said that Pakistan's GDP has turned negative, "hundreds of thousands" have become unemployed, medicines are prohibitively expensive, the "wheel of progress has begun to spin in the opposite direction", European countries have banned Pakistani flights, people have been robbed of wheat, sugar, flour, but no one is bothered, and there is no legal action, "all because he is viewed as taabedaar (servile)".

"We must now call Imran Khan by his new name — Taabedaar Khan," she said.

Tribute to social media teams

Maryam spoke at length about how the party's popularity and reach has been propelled by the social media teams and thanked them for their dedication.

"Thanks to our social media team, Nawaz Sharif's voice has reached across the country today," Maryam said, as she paid tribute to teams from across the provinces.

She thanked social media workers for "continuing to carry forward Nawaz Sharif's narrative".

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Fine each one on stage 20 crore and each attendant 1 lakh. It could raise billions for hospitals to help people with the virus
 
PML-N Vice-president Maryam Nawaz said on Monday that the Pakistan Democratic Movement rally would be held in Lahore on December 13 with or without the administration’s permission.

“Yesterday, he (PM Khan) was saying that he won't stop the Lahore rally because he knows that the Lahore rally won't be stopped,” Maryam said, while addressing supporters in Lahore. “If permission is not granted for the rally at Minar-e-Pakistan, won't it take place?”

On Saturday, Prime Minister Imran Khan had warned that the authorities would book the ones providing echo sound systems and chairs for the PDM rally in Lahore.

The PDM, an alliance of eleven opposition parties, launched an anti-government campaign in September. It has held several rallies in major cities of Pakistan.

The government has opposed mass gatherings because of a spike in the number of coronavirus infections. But it has failed to prevent PDM rallies from happening.

“The rally they are going to hold in Lahore, [we] will not give them permission to hold it,” PM Khan said in an interview with Hum News. “Whoever set up sound system and chairs there, FIRs would be registered against all of them.”

However, the premier said the government would not prevent opposition members from attending the rally. He said the government would not create any hurdles so that they [opposition leaders] might not create a scene or become revolutionaries.

Maryam, however, said the opposition would not be needing chairs for the rally because people would flood the streets of Lahore on December 13.

“The days of Imran Khan are numbered,” she told her supporters. “The final responsibility to send Imran Khan home has been given to my city.”
 
The Punjab government has imposed a smart lockdown in 13 areas neighbouring Minar-e-Pakistan ahead of the Pakistan Democratic Movement’s anti-government rally in Lahore on December 13.

A notification issued by the Punjab Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department on Saturday stated that the order will come into force tonight and will stay till December 25.

The areas that have been named in the notification are Rang Mehal, Androon Shera Wala Gate, Mochi Gate, Adroon Bhatti Gate, Chuhan Road, four streets of Ravi Road and four streets in Badami Bagh.


Entry and exit into the neighbourhoods will be controlled and people will only be allowed to go out unless absolutely necessary. General stores, tandoors and petrol pumps will be allowed to remain open from 9am to 7pm throughout the week.

Medical stores, hospitals, clinics and bakeries will be open round the clock for seven days a week.

All markets, restaurants, offices will remain closed
A complete ban has been placed on the movement of people from one place to another
One person will be allowed in a vehicle
A complete ban has been placed on public and religious gatherings
No public dealings at call centres and cellular company offices
Only delivery and takeaway will be allowed at restaurants

In the last 24 hours, 71 people passed away from the novel coronavirus while 2,729 new cases were reported countrywide. Experts have warned that Pakistan is presently battling the second wave of the deadly virus.

The move comes ahead of the PDM rally scheduled at Minar-e-Pakistan on Sunday. The government, and the opposition alliance have been at odds over the rally.

The local administration in Lahore has denied the PDM permission to hold the rally. It said it can’t allow any group to hold a rally at Minar-e-Pakistan because of the spike in coronavirus infections in the country.

Prime Minister Imran Khan has advised the opposition to postpone their protest by at least three months citing the spread of COVID-19. But Maryam Nawaz is adamant that the PDM rally will proceed “no matter what”.

On the other hand, the National Counter Terrorism Authority warned on Friday that the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan may attack Minar-e-Pakistan when the alliance holds its gathering there.

NACTA has recommended taking strict security measures at the gathering and “keeping an eye out for suspicious individuals”.
 
The senior leadership of the Pakistan Democratic Movement has been warned of a possible "terrorist activity" on December 13, the day of the Opposition's Minar-e-Pakistan rally in Lahore.

Lahore police have sent letters to PDM chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz and lawmakers Khawaja Saad Rafique and Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, and PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari.

"TTP terrorists are coordinating to carry out a terrorist activity on 13 December, 2020. Although details regarding place of terrorist activity and likely targets is not available, the date (13 December 2020) appears to be significant as a huge public gathering is expected at Minar-e-Pakistan," read the letter.

It states that after the terrorists failed in their attempt in Peshawar, "they are planning to shift their operatives, required material and logistics towards another place (most likely Lahore)".

The letter warns that information available suggests that hostile intelligence agencies along with Afghanistan-based Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan have planned to carry out terrorist activities in Punjab particularly in Lahore.

A meeting was held on December 8 on the Western border to "upsurge (sic) terrorist activities in Pakistan", according to the letter.

These hostile intelligence agencies "may also carry out assassinations of senior political personalities associated with PDM" to create instability in the country, it further warns

"Besides other targets, political and religious personalities or high profile figures of minorities in Punjab Province are on their priority list," the letter adds.


'What's the emergency?'
Earlier in the day, Chief Minister Punjab Usman Buzdar had advised Opposition parties to avoid risking peoples’ lives by holding a large public gathering during a pandemic and amid a threat alert by The National Counter-Terrorism Authority (Nacta) and resolve issues through dialogue instead.

Chief Minister Buzdar questioned why it is imperative for the Opposition to hold a jalsa when coronavirus cases are on the rise. "What is the emergency that you have to hold jalsas?" he asked.

He said the government will deal with the PDM in accordance with the law.

The PDM is insistent on holding a rally in Lahore on December 13 despite the provincial government denying permission for a public gathering citing the rise in COVID-19 infections and despite the threat alert.

PML-N, which is hosting the event, held a mass contact campaign in Lahore urging the city dwellers for maximum participation, "come rain, storms or any hurdles", and has accused the government of attempting to creating hurdles with arrests, and flooding of the venue with water.

'See you at Minar-e-Pakistan': Maryam goes around Lahore to invite people to Dec 13 rally

Prime Minister Imran Khan has said on multiple occasions that the 11-party Opposition alliance will not be prevented from holding a rally. However, he warned of legal action against facilitators such as organisers of the rally found violating coronavirus safety measures. He also urged the Opposition to consider putting off the rallies for 2-3 months.

The interior minister, Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed, besides Buzdar's aide on information Firdous Ashiq Awan, have both assured the Opposition that it need not worry about road blockades with containers.

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Jalsas turning into an intra-PDM battle of egos where host wants to impress uninterested guests. Going round in circles.

Let's see the support for PDM/PMLn from Lahore. It won't be a surprise if support is not overwhelming.
 
LAHORE: The 11-party opp*osition alliance, the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), is all geared up for putting up its much-hyped “power show” at Minar-i-Pakistan here on Sunday (today), the last one in its first phase of anti-government rallies that began three months ago.

The PDM is expected to announce the “decisive phase” of its struggle against the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) led government in this public meeting.

A senior PML-N leader told Dawn that the next phase of its struggle would begin in January in which the PDM had planned 16 more rallies across the country before the final showdown — a long march on Islamabad and resignations from the national and provincial assemblies.

“We expect that some ‘behind the scenes’ development may take place in January before the PDM goes for a long march,” he said.

The PDM has planned a long march in February if the PTI government does not buckle to the pressure exerted by the opposition alliance.

However, no consensus seems to be in sight over resignations from the national and provincial assemblies at the moment because PPP is still reluctant to say goodbye to the Sindh government.

The government on the other hand appears to have changed at the last minute its strategy to handle Sunday’s rally. The government said it would not stop the people coming from other cities from joining the rally, giving an opportunity to the opposition parties to match Imran Khan’s Oct 2011 public meeting at the same venue.

The PML-N expressed its doubts over the government’s intentions to give the PDM free hand to hold the public meeting. “It will be clear on Sunday morning whether the PTI government allows our caravans from other parts of the country to enter Lahore. At this moment we have reports that police have been put on alert and containers placed at different points, including motorways,” PML-N lawmaker Samiullah Khan told Dawn.

He said in case the government stopped PDM workers from entering Lahore, they would hold a sit-in outside the city.

“As far as our preparations are concerned, tomorrow’s power show will be historic, setting a new record in terms of number of participants,” Mr Khan said.

This is the first time in the recent history of the country that the PML-N is going to hold a public meeting at Minar-i-Pakistan, the first rally at this venue for the de-facto president of PML-N Maryam Nawaz.

Earlier she had held corner meetings in the 14 constituencies of Lahore to mobilise the party workers. She had pleaded the people to come out of their houses and reach Minar-i-Pakistan on Sunday so that the PDM could manage to send the government home.

Similarly, it will be the first appearance of PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari at a political gathering at Minar-i-Pakistan. Going there would revive the memories of his mother Benazir Bhutto’s historic public meeting at Minar-i-Pakistan in 1986.

Both the PML-N and PPP leaders Dawn spoke to on Saturday emphasised the significance of public meetings at Minar-i-Pakistan. “Benazir Bhutto’s historical power show at the venue in 1986 is remembered even today,” a PPP leader said.

And similarly, Imran Khan’s 2011 successful public meeting at Minar-i-Pakistan made him a popular leader, he added.

“For the PDM and particularly the PML-N, Minar-i-Pakistan’s Sunday rally is a matter of do or die. In case of failure to put up a big show in terms of the number of participants, the anti-government campaign will fizzle out,” the PPP leader said and expressed the hope that the PDM would manage to prove its mettle on Sunday.

On Saturday a good number of PML-N workers reached Minar-i-Pakistan, broke the locks of its main gate and placed chairs and installed lights at its ground. Some PML-N leaders also visited the venue and oversaw the preparations. Maryam Nawaz also reached there late on Saturday night to take a look at the arrangements.

As many as 3,000 volunteers of the Ansarul Islam, the volunteer wing of the JUI-F, will provide security cover to the rally. A separate gate has been allocated for women participants.

Meanwhile, Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar asked the PDM to delay its Minar-i-Pakistan rally in light of “terror threat alerts” and the coronavirus situation. “I ask the opposition to resolve issues through talks; to discuss the issues through dialogue and not by playing with people’s lives,” Mr Buzdar said while talking to reporters.

He said the opposition should realise that current Covid-19 situation in Lahore was “very grave” and the positivity rate of coronavirus was more than 46 per cent.

Provincial Law Minister Basharat Raja said the government had given permission to the PDM to hold a rally at Minar-i-Pakistan but “action will be taken against those who will take law into their hands”.

Special Assistant to the CM on Information Firdous Ashiq Awan said in a tweet that according to intelligence reports, there was a terror threat to the PDM rally. Besides gathering of more than 300 people is a violation of Covid-19 standard operating procedures. “If any untoward incident takes place at the PDM rally, the opposition parties will be responsible for it,” she warned.

The Lahore police also issued terror threat alerts to Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and Maryam Nawaz.

Meanwhile, Mr Bhutto-Zardari who is in Lahore, said the strategy of the second phase of the democratic struggle against the selected government of Imran Khan would be announced on Sunday at Minar-i-Pakistan. He called on every PPP worker in the city to attend the public meeting.

“Jiyalas of PPP fought against the dictatorship of Gen Ayub Khan and Gen Ziaul Haq. They were lashed but refused to give in. They sacrificed their lives in the struggle for democracy. They know how to fight dictators. The blood of jiyalas has kept democracy alive in this country. They know how to start and finish a long march, they know how train marches are organised and they know how to root out the tyrants,” he said.

Mr Bhutto-Zardari said the PPP was fighting for democracy from the platform of the PDM and this would be a decisive struggle for democracy in the country. “We will restore real democracy in Pakistan. We want the people to decide about the economic policy and other policies of the country. We want the people to decide their future themselves. We will install a people’s government after dislodging this puppet and selected government. We will form a government which will fulfill the promises of Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto,” he said.

Speaking to reporters at Minar-i-Pakistan, PMLN information secretary Marriyum Aurangzeb said: “No matter what the imposed regime of selected PM Khan does, Sunday’s public meeting will take place come what may.”

She said the people of Pakistan did not need to worry about the fascist tactics of this regime because the PDM would now rest only after sending the sugar and wheat thieves home. “Dec 13 is the decisive day of sending the sugar, wheat, flour, medicine, electricity, gas thieves and lying, incompetent and corrupt hoard of looters back to their homes,” she said.

Arrests condemned

Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Latif Afridi and former president Syed Qalbe Hassan on Saturday condemned what they called unwarranted arrests of political workers in the wake of the PDM rally in Lahore.

In a statement, they demanded immediate release of all political workers of PDM since they had been unlawfully arrested.

Mr Afridi said the people had the right to peacefully protest and hold demonstrations and the government had no justification to oppress peaceful political workers and protestors.

He said any aggression perpetrated against peaceful political workers was against constitutional, democratic and human values.

Published in Dawn, December 13th, 2020
 
LAHORE: PML-N vice-president Maryam Nawaz on Sunday urged the participants of Pakistan Democratic Movement's (PDM) rally to abide by the coronavirus safety guidelines as responsible citizens.

Taking her request to Twitter, the PML-N leader asked the participants to wear masks to ensure their own safety and the well-being of their loved ones during what she called would be a "historic jalsa".

"Dear All, as responsible citizens, please remember to wear a mask for your own safety and that of your dear ones, at all times, before, during and after what is going to Insha’Allah a historic jalsa," Maryam said in a tweet.
 
Arrangements have been completed and leaders of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) — the 11-party opposition alliance — have arrived in Lahore for the PDM's final power show of the first phase of its anti-government movement.

PDM President and chief of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Maulana Fazlur Rehman, PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz, PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) President Sardar Akhtar Mengal and Awami National Party (ANP) central general secretary Mian Iftikhar Hussain have reached the house of PML-N leader Ayaz Sadiq, from where they will leave for Minar-i-Pakistan, where the rally will be held.

Speaking to reporters while leaving her Jati Umra residence, Maryam said that the public would now "bring down the roof" over the PTI government.

"I want to give a message to the entire Lahore that I am fully aware of your difficulties. People have not come out on the PDM's call; instead, it is the PDM that has come out on the people's call. The time has come to give the final push to [the PTI government]," she said, urging people from all sectors to come and attend the rally.

She said this government is "going and the era of Nawaz Sharif's services is coming".

In a tweet, she also advised the attendees to "wear a mask for your own safety and that of your dear ones, at all times, before, during and after" the rally.

Earlier, Bilawal's procession passed through Naseerabad where it was surrounded by party workers.

Earlier today, Rehman met leaders of his party, including Rashid Mehmood Soomro, Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Hyderi and former member of the National Assembly (MNA) Qamaruddin Soomro, at a hotel in Lahore.

The JUI-F leaders briefed Rehman about arrangements for the rally. "Today's rally at Minar-i-Pakistan will break all previous records," Rehman said.

Senior PML-N leader Khawaja Saad Rafique, while speaking to attendees at the rally, said that today was a "very important" day.

"We want to end interference in democracies. We want the supremacy of the Constitution and the law. Constant interference puts Pakistan's [progress] back by 20 years [...] When more than 150 resignations are received, how will they (the government) hold by-elections?" he questioned.

Meanwhile, PML-N deputy secretary general Ataullah Tarar said that volunteers have been assigned their duties and they have taken up their positions. "A historic rally is about to happen. The PDM will prove that it is an alliance of the parties representing the people," he said.

PML-N information secretary Marriyum Aurangzeb said that the day has come that the "selected and vote-stealing government" feared.

She said that people from not only Lahore but all over Pakistan were coming to the rally at Minar-i-Pakistan.

Next phase
The PDM is expected to announce the "decisive phase" of its struggle against the PTI-led government in today's public meeting.

A senior PML-N leader told Dawn that the next phase of its struggle would begin in January in which the PDM had planned 16 more rallies across the country before the final showdown — a long march on Islamabad and resignations from the national and provincial assemblies.

"We expect that some ‘behind the scenes’ development may take place in January before the PDM goes for a long march," he said.

The PDM has planned a long march in February if the PTI government does not buckle to the pressure exerted by the opposition alliance.

However, no consensus seems to be in sight over resignations from the national and provincial assemblies at the moment because PPP is still reluctant to say goodbye to the Sindh government.

This matter has been deferred for the time being and the PDM is concentrating on protest rallies.

The government, on the other hand, appears to have changed at the last minute its strategy to handle the rally. The government said it would not stop the people coming from other cities from joining the rally, giving an opportunity to the opposition parties to match Imran Khan’s Oct 2011 public meeting at the same venue.

This is the first time in the recent history of the country that the PML-N is going to hold a public meeting at Minar-i-Pakistan, the first rally at this venue for Maryam.

Earlier she had held corner meetings in the 14 constituencies of Lahore to mobilise the party workers. She had pleaded to the people to come out of their houses and reach Minar-i-Pakistan so that the PDM could manage to send the government home.

Similarly, it will be Bilawal's first appearance at a political gathering at Minar-i-Pakistan. Going there would revive memories of his mother Benazir Bhutto’s historic public meeting at Minar-i-Pakistan in 1986.

On Saturday, a good number of PML-N workers reached Minar-i-Pakistan, broke the locks of its main gate and placed chairs and installed lights in the grounds. Some PML-N leaders also visited the venue and oversaw the preparations. Maryam also reached there late on Saturday night to inspect the arrangements.

As many as 3,000 volunteers of the Ansarul Islam, the volunteer wing of the JUI-F, will provide security cover to the rally. A separate gate has been allocated for women participants.
 
Recent picture from Minare Pakistan

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Anyone who supports them are now traitors. They have gone down to that level. I can see virus rates rising as well, still this entire show is to cause chaos so they can force the estb to give them NRO. Which won't happen, at some point PPP will slither away as it would never want Sindh to leave its grasp.
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">While the PDM is out in full force in Lahore to topple Khan’s Govt just after 2years 4months; some 400km away from the hustling bustling Lahore, in the serenity & vastness of Banni Gala, PM Khan spends a playful relaxing Sunday with his pet dogs <a href="https://twitter.com/ImranKhanPTI?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ImranKhanPTI</a> <a href="https://t.co/5OviQiGzc3">pic.twitter.com/5OviQiGzc3</a></p>— Gharidah Farooqi (@GFarooqi) <a href="https://twitter.com/GFarooqi/status/1338064524230930433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

:sarf2
 
I saw prob 25 Coasters and 40 Hiaces of Fazlu supporters heading to the jalsa while filling up petrol.
 
IMMY69 said:
Mamoon will be there, drooling over Madam.
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No, I am here. I don’t care enough about this country and the expulsion of this government to catch COVID and bring it to my family.

Besides, anyone who attends these political rallies in Pakistan are idiots. Be it PTI supporters or PDM.
 
Mamoon said:
No, I am here. I don’t care enough about this country and the expulsion of this government to catch COVID and bring it to my family.

Besides, anyone who attends these political rallies in Pakistan are idiots. Be it PTI supporters or PDM.
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You should be there-You are traitor to the cause of Ghulami- a fair weather Charley to the cause of the duffer.
 
looks like this achakzai have problem with everyone, first he insults the urdu language in karachi jalsa, now he is insulting lahoris and punjabis in front of ms. maryam ..... :)))
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LahoreJalsa?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LahoreJalsa</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PDM?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PDM</a> rally in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Lahore?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Lahore</a> <a href="https://t.co/Ua6bFVTly1">https://t.co/Ua6bFVTly1</a> <a href="https://t.co/kQyVxp8lKF">pic.twitter.com/kQyVxp8lKF</a></p>— Geeta Mohan گیتا موہن गीता मोहन (@Geeta_Mohan) <a href="https://twitter.com/Geeta_Mohan/status/1338105770089402368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

The awkward moment when you realize that the first picture is from a PTI rally in 2018 :kakmal
 
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They, three parties, couldn't even muster 10% of what PTI on its own could.
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="ur" dir="rtl">نواز شریف کی “ووٹ کو عزت دو “کی کال پر پورا لاہورامڈ آیا ہے۔ مک گیا تیرا شو نیازی گو نیازی گو نیازی۔ <a href="https://t.co/5nKgw6lVAm">pic.twitter.com/5nKgw6lVAm</a></p>— Abid Sher Ali (@AbidSherAli) <a href="https://twitter.com/AbidSherAli/status/1338127115234004992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Reverse Google image search…

Hint: The picture is from PTI’s 2014 jalsa.

:lol
 
The sixth public meeting, which the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) is calling a "historic and decisive" power show, is underway in Lahore's Minar-i-Pakistan.

On their arrival at the venue, PDM leaders Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Maryam Nawaz, Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari along with others were greeted by enthusiastic supporters who had gathered at Minar-i-Pakistan during the day.

This is the first time in the recent history of the country that the PML-N is holding a public meeting at Minar-i-Pakistan, the first rally at this venue for PML-N Vice President Maryam.

Similarly, it is PPP Chairperson Bilawal's first appearance at a political gathering at Minar-i-Pakistan. His late mother, former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, held a historic public meeting at Minar-i-Pakistan in 1986.

PML-N Vice President Maryam thanked Lahore's residents for attending the public meeting in overwhelming numbers. Without naming the prime minister, Maryam said that someone had "challenged PDM in Pharoah's tone" to gather enough people to fill up Minar-i-Pakistan's grounds, adding that today, participants of the public meeting had filled up adjoining streets as well.

PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz addresses a public meeting arranged by PDM at Lahore's Minar-i-Pakistan. — DawnNewsTV
Referring to a gathering held by the PTI at Minar-i-Pakistan in 2011, Maryam alleged that the public meeting had been arranged by former ISI chief Shuja Pasha.

Maryam also spoke about the Panama Papers case and alleged that former chief justice Asif Saeed Khosa had told the incumbent prime minister to file an application "after which you (Imran) ousted Nawaz Sharif on the basis of an iqama through a fixed match".

The PML-N vice president also questioned PM Imran's offer for dialogue through the Parliament, asking who was behind the operations of the House. The incumbent premier will have to go, Maryam said, because he had ruined the country's economy and had "lied to the people every day".

She said Lahore welcomed Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan as a "real brother".

"No one is big or small, we are all equal," Maryam declared.

She said that for the past three years, the prime minister — whom she referred to as 'Tabedar (obedient) Khan' — had been saying that he will not grant an NRO. Maryam insisted that today, the prime minister was seeking an NRO from Nawaz Sharif and the people.

She urged the people to wear masks because "I value and care for your life" but said that it was important to attend public meetings because Covid-18 was "more lethal than Covid-19". The former prime minister's daughter expressed grief that seven patients in Peshawar's Khyber Teaching Hospital had died due to shortage in oxygen supply and question the PTI government's performance in the health sector.

PPP chief Bilawal, in his address, recalled that his grandfather Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto had founded the party in Punjab. PPP workers in Lahore, Bilawal said, went through torture but continued to support democracy.

He said that the country was suffering because of the "fake, incompetent and illegitimate government".

"Punjab's pag (turban) is on the head of the puppet of a puppet. Is this acceptable to Punjab?" he asked, adding that he neither accepted the prime minister nor his chief minister. He insisted that the PDM's "war is not for power but for the rights" of the people.

The PPP chief said that non-democratic forces termed as the establishment, which he refers to as the selectors, "have been conspiring against you (public) and have been forming governments of their choice". He said that the incumbent government was brought to power "through the umpire's signal".

"Selectors, listen, you will have to listen to the public's voice, you will have to accept their decision [...] the time for dialogue is gone, now there will be a long march," said a charged Bilawal.

"Stop making phone calls, stop trying to establish contacts. No differences can be created between us, we will reach Islamabad and chase your puppet out. Once he is gone, then there can be dialogue," said Bilawal.

PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif also addressed the crowd via video link and asked who was answerable for the government's failings.

PML-N Nawaz Sharif addresses crowd at Minar-i-Pakistan via video link. — DawnNewsTV
"He says I won't give an NRO. Who is asking you for an NRO? You and Aleema Khan got an NRO from Saqib Nisar yourself," said Nawaz.

"They say, don't take names? Tell me, what should we do? Is Imran Khan alone responsible for the predicament the country is in?"

Nawaz said that his "crime is that I speak the truth" and added that he was fighting for the people. He said that his "narrative" was the same as Quaid-i-Azam's. Nawaz once again lashed out at the armed forces, accusing them of being involved in political matters.

"Stop political engineering factories in agencies," said the former prime minister.

JUI-F chief also addressed the crowd and said: "The wounds inflicted by the rigging done by the establishment for this illegal government, the dirty role they played [to sieze] this illegal power are getting deeper."

Rehman further said that he wanted to "alert and caution the defence forces and their leadership [...] to move out of the people's way and let them reach Islamabad".

"In the coming days, I see anarchy in the country. We should handle matters before heading towards anarchy," he said.

'Who is responsible?'
Jamiat Ulema-i-Pakistan's (JUP) Awais Noorani, who was the first to address the crowd, told Prime Minister Imran Khan to submit his resignation and called upon PTI supporters to "rebel" against the ruling party.

Awami National Party Ameer Haider Khan Hoti also condemned the ruling PTI and said that about 80 years ago, Bacha Khan had started a non-violent struggle for his nation's rights but he was termed as a traitor.

Hoti declared that terrorism was "imposed upon the Pakhtun people" saying, "Pakhtun people were the ones who were killed and were defamed as well". He added that there were "conspiracies" to lead Afghan peace talks towards failure and efforts to "create misunderstandings between Afghanistan and Pakistan".

"I want to say that this is not our fight alone, this is of all of Pakistan's," he said. Hoti urged PDM leaders to stand by the Pakhtun people and vowed that he would continue to stand by the alliance for the "supremacy of the Parliament and Constitution and the respect for vote".

Balochistan National Party-Mengal’s Sardar Akhtar Mengal started off his address by saying that the PDM public meetings were "funeral prayers of the dictators and the powers who, for 70 years, have treated the country's Constitution as their slave".

"I will only present a few drops of the blood flowing from our bodies and then you can decide if we are responsible for the distrubance in Balochistan today," he said. Mengal said that his party had been struggling against the khalayi makhlooq, against whom the people have gathered today.

"Who is responsible [for the cruelty and injustice over the past 70 years]? It is not them, but the politicians and [people of the] big province who have gathered in this venue today," Mengal said. "Had you controlled this dragon from day one, it would not have become this uncontrollable monster. This genie that is out of the bottle, it is your responsibility to control it."

Mengal said that 10,000 Baloch people were still missing, adding that all the people of Balochistan want was to be treated and respected as humans. He also spoke about provincial autonomy, saying that if "provinces were autonomous [in Pakistan] Bangladesh would not have been created". He said that in Gwadar people were being "divided like East Germany and West Germany" in the name of development.

Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party chairman Mehmood Khan Achakzai called for a "Turkey-like revolution" in Pakistan and urged Maryam, Bilawal and Rehman to spearhead the movement. He said that he was striving for a Pakistan where no ethnicity would be superior to the other.

Jamiat-i-Ahle Hadees chief emir Professor Sajid Mir also spoke at the gathering and said he wanted to "commend the participants for holding a grand and memorable public meeting in the shadow of Minar-i-Pakistan despite the difficulties" created by the government.

He said that the "new Pakistan's government was in quarantine" and added that PDM shared the same narrative. Mir said that the "right to self govern should be returned to the public".

Lunch by PML-N
PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz and PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari at PML-N leader Ayaz Sadiq's house in Lahore. — DawnNewsTV
Arrangements were completed early on Sunday and leaders of the parties arrived in the city for the PDM's final power show of the first phase of its anti-government movement.

Upon arrival, Maryam hosted a lunch at party leader Ayaz Sadiq's residence in the city.

The lunch was attended by Bilawal and other opposition bigwigs, including Rehman, Balochistan National Party-Mengal (BNP-M) President Sardar Akhtar Mengal and Awami National Party (ANP) central general secretary Mian Iftikhar Hussain.

From there, the leaders left for Minar-i-Pakistan, the venue of the rally.

'Final push'
Earlier in the day, while speaking to reporters while leaving her Jati Umra residence, Maryam said that the public would now "bring down the roof" over the PTI government.

"I want to give a message to the entire Lahore that I am fully aware of your difficulties. People have not come out on the PDM's call; instead, it is the PDM that has come out on the people's call. The time has come to give the final push to [the PTI government]," she said, urging people from all sectors to come and attend the rally.

She said this government is "going and the era of Nawaz Sharif's services is coming".

In a tweet, she also advised the attendees to "wear a mask for your own safety and that of your dear ones, at all times, before, during and after" the rally.

Earlier, Bilawal's procession passed through Naseerabad where it was surrounded by party workers.

Rehman met leaders of his party, including Rashid Mehmood Soomro, Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Hyderi and former member of the National Assembly (MNA) Qamaruddin Soomro, at a hotel in Lahore.

The JUI-F leaders briefed Rehman about arrangements for the rally. "Today's rally at Minar-i-Pakistan will break all previous records," Rehman said.

Senior PML-N leader Khawaja Saad Rafique, while speaking to attendees at the rally, said that today was a "very important" day.

"We want to end interference in democracies. We want the supremacy of the Constitution and the law. Constant interference puts Pakistan's [progress] back by 20 years [...] When more than 150 resignations are received, how will they (the government) hold by-elections?" he questioned.

Meanwhile, PML-N deputy secretary general Ataullah Tarar said that volunteers have been assigned their duties and they have taken up their positions. "A historic rally is about to happen. The PDM will prove that it is an alliance of the parties representing the people," he said.

PML-N information secretary Marriyum Aurangzeb said that the day has come that the "selected and vote-stealing government" feared.

She said that people from not only Lahore but all over Pakistan were coming to the rally at Minar-i-Pakistan.

Next phase
The PDM is expected to announce the "decisive phase" of its struggle against the PTI-led government in today's public meeting.

A senior PML-N leader told Dawn that the next phase of its struggle would begin in January in which the PDM had planned 16 more rallies across the country before the final showdown — a long march on Islamabad and resignations from the national and provincial assemblies.

"We expect that some ‘behind the scenes’ development may take place in January before the PDM goes for a long march," he said.

The PDM has planned a long march in February if the PTI government does not buckle to the pressure exerted by the opposition alliance.

However, no consensus seems to be in sight over resignations from the national and provincial assemblies at the moment because PPP is still reluctant to say goodbye to the Sindh government.

This matter has been deferred for the time being and the PDM is concentrating on protest rallies.

The government, on the other hand, appears to have changed at the last minute its strategy to handle the rally. The government said it would not stop the people coming from other cities from joining the rally, giving an opportunity to the opposition parties to match Imran Khan’s Oct 2011 public meeting at the same venue.
 
Abdullah719 said:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LahoreJalsa?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LahoreJalsa</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PDM?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PDM</a> rally in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Lahore?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Lahore</a> <a href="https://t.co/Ua6bFVTly1">https://t.co/Ua6bFVTly1</a> <a href="https://t.co/kQyVxp8lKF">pic.twitter.com/kQyVxp8lKF</a></p>— Geeta Mohan گیتا موہن गीता मोहन (@Geeta_Mohan) <a href="https://twitter.com/Geeta_Mohan/status/1338105770089402368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

The awkward moment when you realize that the first picture is from a PTI rally in 2018 :kakmal
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Lol.

Indian media folks are going gaga over this.
 
As against the claims of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), PTI officials say that the Lahore jalsa, which is currently underway at the Minar-e-Pakistan, ended up in a fiasco because of low attendance.

Ahead of the jalsa, PML-N leader Rana Sanaullah warned the government of the consequences if it tried to stop the rally, adding that "millions of people" would be coming to the venue.

Commenting on PDM's power show, Federal Information Minster Shibli Faraz said that the Opposition could hardly gather 10 thousand to 15 thousand people as against their tall claims.

"Today's jalsa is as cold as the weather," Shibli Faraz said. "Poor attendance shows Lahore has rejected the PDM as well as Maryam Nawaz."

Special Assistant to Chief Minister Punjab Usman Buzdar Firdous Ashiq Awan maintained that the government did not try to stop the Opposition from carrying out their jalsa, adding that neither the police intervened to stop them from the rally nor the city administration placed any containers to block the roads.

She added that despite all the freedom, the PDM failed to attract enough supporters for their gathering, and ended up setting a five-acre tent in a 150-acre park.

"There were only about 10,000 chairs at the jalsa venue which shows PDM's ineffectiveness," she said. "Today's gathering was not a rally but a classroom where MNAs and MPAs had to mark their attendance."

Senator Faisal Javed Khan also said that PDM's rally "flopped" because the Opposition leaders failed to garner enough support for their mission.

"Just like their previous meetings, this one too was a flopped show," Senator Faisal Javed said.

Read more: 'Touch me not': Firdous Awan criticises PML-N for new 'philosophy' after rally incident

Comparing the PDM jalsa to PTI's previous rallies at Minar-e-Pakistan, Faisal Javed said that Prime Minister Imran Khan single-handedly filled the historic venue with supporters when he addressed a jalsa there.

"[They could not gather enough people] even after bringing 11 different parties together," he said. "PTI's jalsas had these many people on the stage alone."
 
As the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) puts on a show of power at Lahore's Minar-e-Pakistan, with PML-N's Maryam Nawaz, PPP's Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, and JUI-F's Maulana Fazlur Rehman set to address the audience, the PTI-led government's ministers and officials have been taking jibes at the Opposition coalition.

Speaking to Geo News, Information and Broadcasting Minister Senator Shibli Faraz said the atmosphere at the PDM's Lahore jalsa was "as cold as today's weather".

"People have used the right to vote against them," Faraz said, adding that the Opposition was unable to gather more than 10,000 to 15,000 people.

"Lahore has outright dismissed them. Lahore has rejected Maryam Nawaz," he commented, adding that while the atmosphere could be "heated up on the television, it was cold at the venue".

The special assistant to the chief minister of Punjab, Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan, said people believed that Prime Minister Imran Khan "can get the government out of trouble".

"People think of Imran Khan as the messiah," Dr Awan added, noting that the Opposition had no consideration for the people as it set up a political drama during the worst conditions of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

"All these are circus players, they are jesters," she added. "A classroom of all MNAs and MPAs was set up and their attendance marked.

Referring to the PTI regime, she said: "You have never seen the government give such a free rein to the Opposition. It neither stopped them nor installed any containers anywhere.

"No shelling was carried out and no shots fired either," Dr Awan added. "Despite all the concessions [given to the Opposition], the venue was built on five acres of Greater Park.

"The PDM failed to attract Lahoris to its jalsa," she said.

Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said the Pakistani people were "not ready to be fooled by these thieves and looters" again.

Speaking to the media in Multan, Qureshi said the nation has come to know the reality of their hollow and false slogans. "The political clowns who looted people have reunited once again," he added.

"The nation has blessed with an honest leadership in the form of Imran Khan after 70 years [but] the Opposition is unable digest Pakistan's progress.

Speaking of the regimes in the past, he said the politics of 'taking turns' has harmed the country. "The gang of thieves wants to use the people to save their looted property.

"The time has come to end the politics of looting," FM Qureshi noted. The PDM is "imposing their personal agenda upon the people", he said, adding that it was a "personal battle" of Nawaz Sharif, Fazlur Rehman, and Asif Ali Zardari.

"How can those who hold rallies amid a strong [second] wave of the coronavirus pandemic be well-wishers of the common people," he inquired.

"We pray to God to keep the jalsa participants safe," Qureshi stated, advising people who attended the rally to quarantine themselves after returning to their homes.

'Storm in a cup of tea'
The foreign minister said the deception of the Opposition's power and popularity among people had been revealed; however, while the government was ready for talks, it "will not give them NRO".

"The Opposition should come to the Parliament and take part in the legislation," he added.

Speaking of the incumbent PTI-led regime, he said its strategy was to work for the country's progress. "We will focus our attention to the economy and inflation is already decreasing," he explained.

"A storm in a cup of tea does not cause political instability."

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Political Communications, Dr Shahbaz Gill, said the PDM's jalsa in Lahore had "flopped".

Sharing footage purportedly from the PDM rally at 5:15pm, Gill said the jalsa of the Opposition's coalition "was buried in Lahore today".

He also shared another video where PML-N's Hashmi was reportedly seen slapping the hand of a reporter interviewing him at the venue.

"And these are the champions of democracy who slap for asking questions," he said.

Adviser to the Prime Minister on Parliamentary Affairs, Dr Babar Awan, said the decision of the people of Punjab was that PDM had been "rejected".

"Two months of preparation, two weeks of Maryam requesting and begging the people of Lahore [to join the PDM rally] but even their political workers did not come out let alone Lahore," Awan said on Twitter.

"Their corner meeting venue with a few thousand chairs on the side Minar-e-Pakistan is also empty. PDM has been rejected. That's Punjab's decision," he added.

In a statement, the spokesperson for the Punjab government, Mussarat Jamshed Cheema, said the gathering of "the leaders of the thieves' union at Ayaz Sadiq's house indicates that the whole game is being played from the top".

"Their aim is to please their masters in India," Cheema added, adding that the Opposition leaders getting together at Sadiq's house proved the former speaker of the National Assembly made anti-Pakistan comments with their nod of approval.

"These people are worthy of being called traitors," the Punjab government spokesperson said.

Making a jibe at the PML-N VP, he said: "Maryam Nawaz's arrogance is being rubbed in her face today; she's addressing an empty venue and even her MNAs are also missing from the scene.

"Seeing the faces of this 'mix pickle', I feel pity for them. 11 parties could not fill up even a few kanals of the ground," he said, adding — in yet another apparently sarcastic comment — that "the granny tells lies too".

"The chief justice who took notice of the Panama Papers case was not Justice [Asif Saeed] Khosa," Cheema added.

Zaidi offers Umrah tickets
Maritime Affairs Minister Ali Haider Zaidi challenged the PDM, saying he would give Umrah tickets to the first five Opposition politicians who resign.

"The Opposition will have to account for its corruption. NROs will not be given to anyone," Zaidi added.

"She's saying, 'My greetings to those who are far away and I cannot see,' but between you and I, no one is able to see them anywhere," he wrote on Twitter in a sassy comment.

PML-N 'Inna Lillahi Wa Inna Ilayhi Raji'un' — Faisal Javed
PTI Senator Faisal Javed Khan commented on how today's jalsa was "another flop show" and that the "PDM is doing back-to-back flop rallies".

In a video statement released from Islamabad, the senator said the Opposition coalition's rallies in the past were a failure as well.

"PML-N... Inna Lillahi Wa Inna Ilayhi Raji'un," he added, referring to the Quranic command that translates to: "Verily we belong to Allah, and verily to Him do we return."


"The PDM is also taking its last breath and it, too, has no future," Javed added. Prime Minister Imran Khan had filled up the Minar-e-Pakistan three times by himself but "this is the situation of 11 parties coming together", he said, claiming that the Opposition had failed to get people to attend its rally in Lahore.

"The number of people who come to their [PDM's] meeting in total are equal to the number of people we have on the stage in our [PTI's rallies]," he added.

Slamming the PDM for putting "people's lives in danger", the PTI leader criticised the Opposition coalition for doing everything to "save their personal corruption and theft".

PTI rally to counter Opposition's in Sindh
Haleem Adil Sheikh, the vice-president of the PTI's Central chapter and the party’s parliamentary leader in the provincial assembly, said people were being taken to Lahore to participate in the PDM rally.

The PDM's jalsa in Lahore "is likely to spread coronavirus across the country", he said during a press conference in Karachi. "If the PDM starts a rally from Sindh!"

The PDM got "nothing but disgrace everywhere", Sheikh added. "The anti-national rhetoric of the 11-party gang has been rejected by the people even today," he said.

Criticising Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party Chairperson Mehmood Khan Achakzai, he termed the former MNA "a traitor to the country", saying: "After attacking Urdu literature during the Karachi rally, Achakzai has also targeted the people of Lahore in today's rally — which is strongly condemned.

"Today, the PDM's bubble has burst and the anti-corruption movement will not continue anymore," the PTI leader added.

https://www.geo.tv/latest/324096-pa...-pdm-jalsa-pti-govt-ministers-reaction-lahore
 
last_knight said:
Best described by Sheikh Rasheed "Jalsa not worthy of my press conference" :)))
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Sheikh sb is an old player so nothing from his is a surprise but when the vibrate mode Buzdar starts trolling you, that is the ultimate insult.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I would like to appreciate the people attending the Jalsi for following "Social Distancing" SOPs. &#55357;&#56397;&#55356;&#57339; <a href="https://t.co/xQSEaiJpYM">pic.twitter.com/xQSEaiJpYM</a></p>— Usman Buzdar (@UsmanAKBuzdar) <a href="https://twitter.com/UsmanAKBuzdar/status/1338169249928450052?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
The PTI did well by not putting any impediments in the way of these crooks and allow them to explain why no one turned out even after paying people to come. This is humiliating for the crooks.
 
GoUgandaCranes said:
Sheikh sb is an old player so nothing from his is a surprise but when the vibrate mode Buzdar starts trolling you, that is the ultimate insult.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I would like to appreciate the people attending the Jalsi for following "Social Distancing" SOPs. ���� <a href="https://t.co/xQSEaiJpYM">pic.twitter.com/xQSEaiJpYM</a></p>— Usman Buzdar (@UsmanAKBuzdar) <a href="https://twitter.com/UsmanAKBuzdar/status/1338169249928450052?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Ouch!
 
GoUgandaCranes said:
Sheikh sb is an old player so nothing from his is a surprise but when the vibrate mode Buzdar starts trolling you, that is the ultimate insult.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I would like to appreciate the people attending the Jalsi for following "Social Distancing" SOPs. &#55357;&#56397;&#55356;&#57339; <a href="https://t.co/xQSEaiJpYM">pic.twitter.com/xQSEaiJpYM</a></p>— Usman Buzdar (@UsmanAKBuzdar) <a href="https://twitter.com/UsmanAKBuzdar/status/1338169249928450052?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Epic Troll.
 
My narrative is the same as Quaid-i-Azam's, says Nawaz at PDM's Lahore power show

Leaders of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) on Sunday blasted the government and establishment at Lahore's Minar-i-Pakistan at the sixth power show which the alliance has termed as a "historic and decisive" one.

PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif also addressed the crowd via video link and asked who was answerable for the government's failings.

"He (PM Imran) says I won't give an NRO. Who is asking you for an NRO? You and Aleema Khan got an NRO from Saqib Nisar yourself," said Nawaz.

"They say, don't take names? Tell me, what should we do? Is Imran Khan alone responsible for the predicament the country is in?"

Nawaz said that his "crime is that I speak the truth" and added that he was fighting for the people. He said that his "narrative" was the same as Quaid-i-Azam's. Nawaz once again lashed out at the armed forces, accusing them of being involved in political matters.

"Stop political engineering factories in agencies," said the former prime minister.

PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz thanked Lahore's residents for attending the public meeting in overwhelming numbers. Without naming the prime minister, Maryam said that someone had "challenged PDM in Pharoah's tone" to gather enough people to fill up Minar-i-Pakistan's grounds, adding that today, participants of the public meeting had filled up adjoining streets as well.

Referring to a gathering held by the PTI at Minar-i-Pakistan in 2011, Maryam alleged that the public meeting had been arranged by former ISI chief Shuja Pasha.

Maryam also spoke about the Panama Papers case and alleged that former chief justice Asif Saeed Khosa had told the incumbent prime minister to file an application "after which you (Imran) ousted Nawaz Sharif on the basis of an iqama through a fixed match".

The PML-N vice president also questioned PM Imran's offer for dialogue through the Parliament, asking who was behind the operations of the House. The incumbent premier will have to go, Maryam said, because he had ruined the country's economy and had "lied to the people every day".

She said Lahore welcomed Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan as a "real brother".

"No one is big or small, we are all equal," Maryam declared.

She said that for the past three years, the prime minister — whom she referred to as 'Tabedar (obedient) Khan' — had been saying that he will not grant an NRO. Maryam insisted that today, the prime minister was seeking an NRO from Nawaz Sharif and the people.

She urged the people to wear masks because "I value and care for your life" but said that it was important to attend public meetings because Covid-18 was "more lethal than Covid-19". The former prime minister's daughter expressed grief that seven patients in Peshawar's Khyber Teaching Hospital had died due to shortage in oxygen supply and question the PTI government's performance in the health sector.

PPP chief Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, in his address, recalled that his grandfather Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto had founded the party in Punjab. PPP workers in Lahore, Bilawal said, went through torture but continued to support democracy.

He said that the country was suffering because of the "fake, incompetent and illegitimate government".

"Punjab's pag (turban) is on the head of the puppet of a puppet. Is this acceptable to Punjab?" he asked, adding that he neither accepted the prime minister nor his chief minister. He insisted that the PDM's "war is not for power but for the rights" of the people.

The PPP chief said that non-democratic forces termed as the establishment, which he refers to as the selectors, "have been conspiring against you (public) and have been forming governments of their choice". He said that the incumbent government was brought to power "through the umpire's signal".

"Selectors, listen, you will have to listen to the public's voice, you will have to accept their decision [...] the time for dialogue is gone, now there will be a long march," said a charged Bilawal.

"Stop making phone calls, stop trying to establish contacts. No differences can be created between us, we will reach Islamabad and chase your puppet out. Once he is gone, then there can be dialogue," said Bilawal.

The JUI-F chief also addressed the crowd and said: "The wounds inflicted by the rigging done by the establishment for this illegal government, the dirty role they played [to sieze] this illegal power are getting deeper."

Rehman further said that he wanted to "alert and caution the defence forces and their leadership [...] to move out of the people's way and let them reach Islamabad".

"In the coming days, I see anarchy in the country. We should handle matters before heading towards anarchy," he said.

'Who is responsible?'
Jamiat Ulema-i-Pakistan's (JUP) Awais Noorani, who was the first to address the crowd, told Prime Minister Imran Khan to submit his resignation and called upon PTI supporters to "rebel" against the ruling party.

Awami National Party Ameer Haider Khan Hoti also condemned the ruling PTI and said that about 80 years ago, Bacha Khan had started a non-violent struggle for his nation's rights but he was termed as a traitor.

Hoti declared that terrorism was "imposed upon the Pakhtun people" saying, "Pakhtun people were the ones who were killed and were defamed as well". He added that there were "conspiracies" to lead Afghan peace talks towards failure and efforts to "create misunderstandings between Afghanistan and Pakistan".

"I want to say that this is not our fight alone, this is of all of Pakistan's," he said. Hoti urged PDM leaders to stand by the Pakhtun people and vowed that he would continue to stand by the alliance for the "supremacy of the Parliament and Constitution and the respect for vote".

Balochistan National Party-Mengal’s Sardar Akhtar Mengal started off his address by saying that the PDM public meetings were "funeral prayers of the dictators and the powers who, for 70 years, have treated the country's Constitution as their slave".

"I will only present a few drops of the blood flowing from our bodies and then you can decide if we are responsible for the distrubance in Balochistan today," he said. Mengal said that his party had been struggling against the khalayi makhlooq, against whom the people have gathered today.

"Who is responsible [for the cruelty and injustice over the past 70 years]? It is not them, but the politicians and [people of the] big province who have gathered in this venue today," Mengal said. "Had you controlled this dragon from day one, it would not have become this uncontrollable monster. This genie that is out of the bottle, it is your responsibility to control it."

Mengal said that 10,000 Baloch people were still missing, adding that all the people of Balochistan want was to be treated and respected as humans. He also spoke about provincial autonomy, saying that if "provinces were autonomous [in Pakistan] Bangladesh would not have been created". He said that in Gwadar people were being "divided like East Germany and West Germany" in the name of development.

Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party chairman Mehmood Khan Achakzai called for a "Turkey-like revolution" in Pakistan and urged Maryam, Bilawal and Rehman to spearhead the movement. He said that he was striving for a Pakistan where no ethnicity would be superior to the other.

Jamiat-i-Ahle Hadees chief emir Professor Sajid Mir also spoke at the gathering and said he wanted to "commend the participants for holding a grand and memorable public meeting in the shadow of Minar-i-Pakistan despite the difficulties" created by the government.

He said that the "new Pakistan's government was in quarantine" and added that PDM shared the same narrative. Mir said that the "right to self govern should be returned to the public".

This was the first time in the recent history of the country that the PML-N held a public meeting at Minar-i-Pakistan, the first rally at this venue for the party's Vice President Maryam.

Similarly, it was PPP Chairperson Bilawal's first appearance at a political gathering at Minar-i-Pakistan. His late mother, former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, held a historic public meeting at Minar-i-Pakistan in 1986.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1595548/m...-i-azams-says-nawaz-at-pdms-lahore-power-show
 
GoUgandaCranes said:
Sheikh sb is an old player so nothing from his is a surprise but when the vibrate mode Buzdar starts trolling you, that is the ultimate insult.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I would like to appreciate the people attending the Jalsi for following "Social Distancing" SOPs. ���� <a href="https://t.co/xQSEaiJpYM">pic.twitter.com/xQSEaiJpYM</a></p>— Usman Buzdar (@UsmanAKBuzdar) <a href="https://twitter.com/UsmanAKBuzdar/status/1338169249928450052?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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What is most ironic is that several PMLN leaders and their whatsapp group journalists shared PTI jalsa pics to show how successful the jalsa was :)) :)) :))

Apparently public is behind all these dynastic crooks but not with Imran Khan but then 11 parties combined couldn't match wat Imran Khan pulled off single handedly (many times on Minar e Pakistan).
and these idiots claim that ISI was behind PTI jalsas and then they admit that PTI jalsas are attended by mostly young people, middle class and families. How on earth do so called hidden forces bring such passionate crowds to PTI jalsas?
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="ur" dir="rtl">بہت زیادتی ہے۔ <a href="https://t.co/PFyUp4o9Vl">pic.twitter.com/PFyUp4o9Vl</a></p>— Abdul Qadir (@AbdulqadirARY) <a href="https://twitter.com/AbdulqadirARY/status/1338178542278946816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Becharay.
 
LAHORE: The top leadership of the Pakistan Democratic Movement is meeting at Jati Umrah, Raiwind today (Monday) to decide what’s next for the Opposition’s anti-government campaign.

JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman will chair the meeting. It starts at 2pm.

PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz, PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and other leaders of the Opposition parties are expected to attend.

It will be the first summit session of the alliance at Raiwind, and will be hosted by the PML-N vice president.

Prime Minister Imran Khan, too, has called a meeting of party leaders and spokespersons today to discuss a strategy to deal with the Opposition.

Read our coverage of the PDM jalsa in Lahore

The developments come a day after PDM’s jalsa in Lahore Sunday night.

Fiery speeches were delivered by PDM chief Fazl, Maryam and Bilawal at the rally as a long march to Islamabad was announced.

Although no definite date was given for the march, Fazl put the timeframe for the march at the start of late January or early February next year. The PDM chief said the "illegitimate government" will not be allowed to rule, adding that the Opposition will only "rest after the PTI government is brought to an end".

PM Imran Khan's response

Terming the 11-party Opposition alliance's show as 'pathetic', PM Imran Khan said PDM had spent "so much money, time, effort and displayed utter callousness by endangering people's lives during the COVID-19 spike showing the scant regard they have for citizens' safety and well-being".

Read what PTI ministers thought of the PDM Lahore jalsa

"I will never give an NRO," he reiterated. "Whatever future plans of further blackmail PDM may have, my message is categorical: There will never be an NRO from my govt no matter what tactics the looters devise."
 
The opposition's Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) on Monday demanded the PTI-led government quit by January 31 or face an intensified opposition movement including a long march to the capital.
The demand was made by PDM president Maulana Fazlur Rehman while speaking to the media in Lahore alongside PML-N's Maryam Nawaz, PPP chief Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and other opposition leaders.

As part of the anti-government movement, Rehman said lawmakers from PDM member parties in the national and provincial assemblies will hand in their resignations to their party leaders by December 31.

"Today we want to make clear to the government that it should resign by January 31," the JUI-F leader said.

He said if the government refuses to quit by that time, a meeting of the PDM's leadership on February 1 will announce a long march towards Islamabad, the date of which will also be decided during the meeting.

"All party workers in PDM and the people of Pakistan are appealed to start preparations for the long march from today," Rehman added.

He said following Sunday's "historic" PDM public gathering at the Minar-i-Pakistan in Lahore, PDM leaders had today signed a detailed communique in continuation of the opposition's objectives.

Read: PDM rules out talks, declares it’s time for long march at Lahore power show

He said the schedules issued by the PDM's steering committee to provinces for preparations of the planned long march will remain in effect. He added that the heads and representatives of the PDM's constituent parties will form committees in their respective provinces and will work on preparations for the long march.

"During today's meeting, anger was also expressed at the way the military's media affairs wing put pressure on electronic media for negative propaganda against the rally." We have to make this conspiracy a failure, he said, adding that the Lahore rally will be remembered in history.

Meanwhile, PML-N's Maryam stated that it was a "matter of concern" that certain channels were airing news that was completely baseless.

"There is a video of me on record, that with both of my hands, I appreciated and acknowledged the efforts of my party workers and Lahore MNAs and MPAs.

"Before the Lahore jalsa, I held rallies in every corner of the city. All of Pakistan has seen that," she said.

Terming Sunday's public meeting a success, Maryam said that those who turned up to attend had to stand outside the venue just to listen to the speeches. "I have never seen a rally like this in all my life. Despite the cold, I could not see a single chair."

She said that despite all odds, including the coronavirus outbreak and the "fascist" government, the people of Lahore turned out "in the thousands".

She added that some channels had started "propaganda" against the opposition before she had even left for the venue. "Our media didn't show the truth but foreign media, such as BBC and Al Jazeera, have shown a mirror to certain elements of our media."

The PPP chairman added that all parties under the PDM were one and will make decision together from the alliance's platform.

"As far as dialogue is concerned, then the PDM's stance was presented yesterday in front of the people of Lahore. The time for dialogue is over. Now is the time to March and for Imran's resignation."

Soon after the opposition's press talk, federal minister Asad Umar scoffed at the PDM's demand for the government to quit by January's end.

"When Maulana demanded that the government resign by January 31 with a straight face, I feared that [Prime Minister] Imran Khan, if he is watching television, will fall off his chair while laughing," he tweeted.

SAPM Syed Zulfiqar Bukhari added: "Just when you thought nothing could be better than #IshaqDar’s interview.. #PDM gives us another mega flop jalsa. This look on their faces says everything ... can enjoy this for years!"

https://www.dawn.com/news/1595740/pdm-demands-pti-govt-quit-by-january-31-or-face-long-march
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just when you thought nothing could be better than <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IshaqDar?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#IshaqDar</a>’s interview.. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PDM?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PDM</a> gives us another mega flop jalsa.<br>This look on their faces says everything.. can enjoy this for years! <a href="https://t.co/8jLFq3iB8v">pic.twitter.com/8jLFq3iB8v</a></p>— Sayed Z Bukhari (@sayedzbukhari) <a href="https://twitter.com/sayedzbukhari/status/1338497328496455682?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 14, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
It was never PDM-vs-Govt.

In reality, PPP & PMLn fully understand that PDM is all about fighting for 2nd place. May be one of these two parties has an understanding with Govt.
 
PPP leader Shehla Raza was slammed on social media for sharing a picture of the late Khadim Hussain Rizvi's funeral at Minar-e-Pakistan and stating that it was the PDM's jalsa in Lahore from the other day.

Shehla Raza had taken to Twitter and written that the "selected" (referring to PM Imran Khan) knew about the huge crowd in Lahore and had started making arrangements to keep himself busy with other activities in future.

"Dhoop may beth ker bhi waqt guzara (He also sent plenty of time outside in the sun)," she wrote, referring to PM Imran Khan's pictures from early Sunday where he could be seen feeding his dogs.

Read more: PM Imran Khan directs party to mobilise, respond to Opposition on every forum

However, Pakistani Twitterati were quick to find out that one of the pictures Shehla Raza posted was that of Khadim Hussain Rizvi's funeral last month at the Minar-e-Pakistan.

One user pointed out the mistake to Shehla, to which the PPP leader responded by acknowledging she had made a mistake but yet again, took a swipe at the PTI.

"One picture has been taken from social media, true, I didn't know because I am in Karachi," she tweeted. "But the PTI is angry at the ( Opposition's) analysis on the Selected's future activities."

She later posted a clip of PPP chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari addressing the crowd at Minar-e-Pakistan in Lahore.

'Islamabad, we are coming': PDM to march to capital late January with resignations in hand
On Sunday, the PDM announced a long march to Islamabad, by late January or early February, in its bid to topple PM Imran Khan's government.

Even though the organisers of the jalsa had asked the attendees to reach the venue at 2pm, hundreds of supports gathered there early on despite the cold weather, enthusiastically chanting slogans, carrying flags, and warming up the atmosphere.

PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz in her address urged supporters to answer the call for a march to Islamabad, while PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari formally announced that PDM is now headed to the capital.

PDM chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman had said the march will take place late January or early February.

PPP chairperson Bilawal Bhutto had said that the PDM is reaching out to every town and village. "Things are in a dismal state with today's incompetent, illegal and unqualified government. People have nothing but curses in their hearts and on their lips."

The PPP chairman had said that these "fools have no clue or wisdom about history", adding: "When have we ever feared dictators? We have burned all our boats."

He had said that when the people band together in a show of force like today "chains of oppression are broken". "Your victory is near," he said, to a roaring crowd.

"InshaAllah this puppet government will be sent home."
 
PDM rally: Mahmood Achakzai insults Lahories alleging they sided with British

PDM rally: Mahmood Achakzai insults Lahories alleging they sided with British

LAHORE (Dunya News) - Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party Chief Mahmood Khan Achakzai has insulted Lahories by accusing them of siding with British along with Hindus and Sikhs.

Mahmood Khan Achakzai said that the people of Lahore tried to occupy the Afghan territory together with the British. I am sad that the people of Lahore sided with the British.

He said that where the ‘Kalima’ was recited, all of those territories were occupied by the British, the only homeland was Afghanistan which stood against the British, he alleged that Lahore supported the occupation of Afghanistan.

During the PDM rally, Mahmood Khan Achakzai had to interrupt his speech due to two power outages.

https://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/57...zai-insults-Lahories-alleging-they-sided-with

I wonder how PML-N feel about this? Are they ready to put up with anything just to get rid of Imran Khan?
 
This whole PDM movement is a joke! I hope one day we can get rid of these crooks but for that, we would need a strong leader who doesn’t have a jelly spine.
 
Pakistan needs to go Full China/Russia and get rid of these clowns. Throw them in exile.

Bhutto/Sharif dynasties have had little decades worth of power and have proven to have done more harm than good.

Fazl is a Charlatan.

The other Afghan/Indian backed parties need to be booked for sedition.

IK has done far more than a politician can realistically achieve in such a short space of time with countless issues such as Covid, India going full r3tard under Modi etc.
 
observer1 said:
Pakistan needs to go Full China/Russia and get rid of these clowns. Throw them in exile.

Bhutto/Sharif dynasties have had little decades worth of power and have proven to have done more harm than good.

Fazl is a Charlatan.

The other Afghan/Indian backed parties need to be booked for sedition.

IK has done far more than a politician can realistically achieve in such a short space of time with countless issues such as Covid, India going full r3tard under Modi etc.
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And make a martyr out of them?
Hell nah!

Pakistan government should strictly follow the rule of law without even a centimeter of deviation from the line.

These people have dedicated their lives to gather money and power. I hope all of them live long enough to see their properties getting stripped away, getting sold for money which will be getting back to taxpayers.

Their incompetent next generation becoming an internet meme. This one is a reality :)) both Maryam shehzadi and Bilawal "shehzada" are a joke :)) They aren't worth an old shoe between the two of them... :yk

Their "supporters" turning their back on them. Their was deep pain Shareef's voice in latest "taqreer" (address)

What a sweet sweet vengeance.

Ideally all of them should die in jail cells. But even if the run away, like Altaf/Nawaz, It is still a beghairat (shameless) death.

No legacy. No present and a dark future. Last moments right before their eventual death should be filled with piercing regret and a crushing feeling of incompetence for an upcoming demise of their next (and hopefully) last leech of a generation.
 
Lahoris or Punjabis being allied with the British, he needs a history lesson. That happened after repeated invasions and massacres by invades from Afghanistan and the Western border and after it the population was tired.

As for being allies and traitors, his own father was allied with Congress.

Pakistani Pashtuns have been extremely successful, from being represented in the army to having leaders who led the nation (Ayub Khan and Imran Khan being from one of the Pashtun tribes being two examples) to having religiously followed sportsmen.....and Pashtuns themselves joined Pakistan. You hold a referendum today and all of them would join Pakistan, not the rubble that's Afghanistan.

I don't have to lie on it, plenty of Pashtun posters on PP who are patriotic and love their nation.
 
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Well this guy is a racist nutjob, I'm not surprised by his speech at all. I've seen some of the tweets his supporters and people that support his ethnofascist ideology for years now. They believe in the theory of "Afghan exceptionalism" and that "Punjabis" (read all indo-aryan people to them) are inferior. I don't even know how this guy has a political career, he sort of like the Pashtun version of Steve Bannon.
 
Fortunately some of the Left-wing Pashtuns aren't happy with his vitriol

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">With utmost respect, I’m afraid Mashar Mahmood Khan Achakzai grossly generalized history. Every nation & religion from Amu Darya to the banks of Brahmaputra has had its share of freedom fighters, as well as collaborators. Some more than others, yes. But why open this can of worms</p>— Mohammad Taqi (@mazdaki) <a href="https://twitter.com/mazdaki/status/1338181650736443394?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
PDM blames ISPR for a flop show in Lahore

The PDM leadership has criticized Pakistan Army’s media wing, ISPR, for allegedly controlling media to present an image as if the rally failed in Lahore. However, independent sources in the media do not agree with the PDM’s claim. “We expressed our independent opinion,” said a journalist while responding to Maulana Fazlur Rehman.
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https://www.globalvillagespace.com/pdm-blames-ispr-for-a-flop-show-in-lahore/

Man this so Donald Trumpesque with only difference being that Trump's rallies are usually full with people:))
 
Giannis said:
Fortunately some of the Left-wing Pashtuns aren't happy with his vitriol

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">With utmost respect, I’m afraid Mashar Mahmood Khan Achakzai grossly generalized history. Every nation & religion from Amu Darya to the banks of Brahmaputra has had its share of freedom fighters, as well as collaborators. Some more than others, yes. But why open this can of worms</p>— Mohammad Taqi (@mazdaki) <a href="https://twitter.com/mazdaki/status/1338181650736443394?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 13, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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That reads like "I agree with you Achakzai, but please wait til we've split Pakistan and got our piece of the pie before bringing it up."

If PTI play their cards right, they could amplify his words and let the people of Lahore know exactly who PMLN are in bed with. Fight dirty.
 
Hurt by Lahore rally coverage, Maryam takes it out on Pakistani media

KARACHI:
PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz has heaped criticism on Pakistani news channels for “hiding the truth” after, what some analysts called, lackluster power show of the alliance of 11 opposition parties in Lahore on Sunday.

“You didn’t show the truth. Some channels didn’t show the truth, but foreign media, including Al Jazeera and BBC, held a mirror up to such elements in the media,” said Maryam while speaking to journalists alongside other opposition leaders after a meeting of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) at the Raiwind estate of the Sharif family on Monday.

Lahore is considered the bastion of the Sharifs’ political power. But Sunday’s rally fell well short of the hype the PDM had created about it, according to political analysts. And this didn’t go unnoticed in the Pakistani media.

However, Maryam insisted that they had received enormous response from the Lahoriites. “I’ve never seen such a massive crowd in my life,” she said. “The venue was filled to capacity, while as many people stood outside after failing to find space inside.”

The PML-N vice president claimed the massive crowd braved freezing temperatures and turned out to make Sunday’s rally “the most successful Jalsa in the history of Lahore”.

“The government is against us, the establishment is against us, the coronavirus is against us, the weather was inclement, but we defied all odds and staged a historic jalsa,” Maryam said in a separate video clip shared on social media.

“Let the media say whatever it wants to say, because some channels are furthering a specific agenda,” she said while speaking to her party’s officials a day after the Lahore rally. Some media reports claimed Maryam had criticised her party’s leaders at the meeting for their “failure gather huge crowds”.

PDM President Maulana Fazlur Rehman, meanwhile, blamed the security establishment for “pressuring the media into downplaying” the Lahore jalsa.

The government spokesperson, however, said the opposition parties were passing the buck at each other for the “flop show” in Lahore.

“This rejected gang of masqueraders cannot fool the people under any garb,” Shibli Faraz, the federal information minister, wrote on his Twitter handle.

“At their Raiwind huddle, the PDM parties would be blaming each other for their failed show,” he said. “They must be scratching their heads and wondering how to save the sinking ship of their politics.”

https://tribune.com.pk/story/227593...verage-maryam-takes-it-out-on-pakistani-media
 
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Tuesday "rejected" the opposition's deadline to the government to pack its bags, accusing the 11-party opposition alliance of "prioritising their personal agenda over the national agenda".

Addressing a press conference in Islamabad two days after the opposition alliance, also known as the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), held its sixth power show in Lahore, Qureshi said he did not want to keep the PDM leadership in any sort of anticipation.

"We reject your ultimatum. You say the prime minister should resign by Jan 31. We are categorically saying the prime minister of Pakistan will not step down.

"You say assemblies should be dissolved. The prime minister has said and I am repeating [his words], assemblies will not be dissolved. The deadline stands rejected," he said.

However, Qureshi said that the decision did not indicate the government's "stubbornness", and hinted at the possibility of a dialogue. "We are political people and are open-minded".

A day earlier, the PDM leadership had demanded the PTI-led government quit by January 31 or face an intensified opposition movement, including a long march to the capital.

The demand was made by PDM president Maulana Fazlur Rehman while speaking to the media in Lahore alongside PML-N's Maryam Nawaz, PPP chief Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and other opposition leaders.

As part of the anti-government movement, Rehman said lawmakers from PDM member parties in the national and provincial assemblies will hand in their resignations to their party leaders by December 31.

Fazlur Rehman had said that if the government refused to quit by Jan 31, a meeting of the PDM's leadership on February 1 will announce a long march towards Islamabad, the date of which will also be decided during the meeting.

During today's press conference, Qureshi claimed there was no consensus in the PDM over the matter of resignations. He also claimed that there were two factions in the PML-N — one which agreed with PML-N President and Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif and the other which agreed with PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz.

"If you have consensus on resignations and are serious, then on the 31st, your resignations should reach the speaker and not the leadership of your parties. Submitting resignations to leadership is just for show."

Qureshi said that there was "no unity" in the PDM over the matter of the proposed long march either.

"Why am I saying this? Because they said [in their presser] that a meeting of the PDM will be called on Feb 1 and then the decision will be taken after discussion and a date will be given."

PDM rally a 'failure'
The minister termed the PDM's Dec 13 rally in Lahore a "failure", saying the PDM had been unable to mobilise the masses. If only the citizens of Lahore had been mobilised, the alliance would not have had to face disappointment, he said.

He said the lack of people at the rally showed the public's "detachment" and the performance of the stock market the next day proved the rally had failed. "If there was any power in their rally, the stock market would be crashing, not going up," he added.

Instead of analysing why the public was detached from the PDM, the alliance's leadership was pinning the blame on the media, he said, adding that "if it reports [news] that favours you, then it is free and if it doesn't then it is under the pressure of institutions.

"These are double standards," he said.

'Undemocratic, unconstitutional' demands
Qureshi said Prime Minister Imran Khan had the "mandate of the people" and that he received 17 million votes in the 2018 elections.

"[The PDM] is saying he should [resign] because the elections were not transparent.

"You say we are out for democratic values and supremacy of the Constitution — as a democratic movement, how can you make an undemocratic and unconstitutional demand? He has a mandate, should he resign just because it was your wish?" he questioned.

"In 2008, the PPP was elected and it completed its five-year term. In 2013, the PML-N was elected and it completed its five-year term. Then in the 2018 elections, PTI was elected, why should it not complete its term?

"Your demand for fresh elections is undemocratic, unconstitutional, and immoral. How would we achieve political stability [if this was allowed to happen]?"

Qureshi also said that the PDM's conditions for dialogue were "unacceptable to me, my party and my government".

"They say in their presser that dialogue can be held but conditional to dissolving assemblies and holding fresh elections. Why would anyone talk to you if you want conditional talks? This is not acceptable to us. Ultimatums and threats will not work," Qureshi said.

Responding to Bilawal's press conference earlier in which he said that the time for talks had passed, Qureshi took a jibe at what he termed was the PPP chairperson's "inexperience".

"Bilawal says time for talks is over. I say beta (son) this is inexperience. You need time to learn. In politics talks happen, doors cannot be closed and if you want to learn, then learn from your grandfather.

"There is a Constitution and a system and we can talk within limits. You say the time for talks is over, this is inexperience."

Qureshi said the PDM would be "short-lived" because it was "unnatural", claiming that "Maryam and Bilawal will not be able to tolerate each other".

"On one hand Maryam is making efforts to replace Shehbaz. On the other hand, Bilawal is trying to show workers that he makes decisions and not [Asif Ali] Zardari. They will not be able to tolerate each other."

He said that the government had previously invited the opposition for a dialogue on legislation related to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) which he said was necessary to get Pakistan out of the watchdog's grey list.

"If they had any [feeling for] national security, they would have come forward but instead they linked it to the NAB (National Accountability Bureau) law. They said progress on FATF [legislation] can only happen when you show flexibility in our cases.

"I told them you may have reservations on NAB law but don't make [dialogue] conditional. [Opposition] should say 'let's work on FATF' and then talk about NAB laws, but they said we will only move forward after these 44 amendments which would have been equivalent to wrapping up the institution," he added.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1595912/oppositions-deadline-for-govt-is-rejected-qureshi
 
Govt decides to hold early Senate elections via ‘open voting’

The Federal government on Tuesday decided to hold early Senate elections via ‘open voting’, Geo News citing its sources reported.

As per details, the decision was taken by the government during a cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan. It was decided that election will take place in February instead of March and via process of ‘open vote’ for the first time.

Through the open voting process, everyone will know who voted for who in the upcoming upper house polls.

It was also decided that government will go to the Supreme Court to ensure the elections are held in the second month of 2021.

During the meeting, Chaudhry proposed that the government should consult the Opposition on any electoral reforms it undertakes in the Parliament.

However, the prime minister said that whenever the government tried to contact the Opposition for any reform, it started to ask for an NRO.

Attorney General Khalid Javed Khan put forth his legal opinion on holding early elections while Adviser to the Prime Minister on Parliamentary Affairs, Babar Awan briefed members on the legal and political angles of the move.

https://www.brecorder.com/news/40041335/govt-decides-to-hold-early-senate-elections-via-open-voting
 
Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has said that his party is ready to sacrifice the PPP-led government in Sindh to push for the removal of the PTI government in the Centre.

“All of us, including me, have decided to resign,” Bilawal told reporters in Lahore on Wednesday. He said the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) will devise a strategy to use the “atom bomb” of resignations and long march against the incumbent government.

Read more: PDM demands govt step down till Jan 31 or face Opposition's long-march

The PPP chairman once again reiterated the PDM’s demand for Prime Minister Imran Khan’s resignation. He said the Opposition would strategise in a way that the country is not destabilised.

“We know the workings of resistance and negotiations both,” he continued. “But now that we have launched a movement and are demanding Imran Khan’s resignation, the time for a national dialogue has expired.”

However, Bilawal noted that talks were important in a democratic system. “We want to restore democracy in the country.”

When asked about his meeting with PML-N president Shahbaz Sharif at Kot Lakhpath Jail yesterday, Bilawal said he had gone there to offer condolences over the demise of Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz’s mother Begum Shamim Akhtar.

“But when two politicians meet, there is obviously talk of politics,” he quipped. “We spoke on strengthening the PDM.”

Read more: Resignations are Opposition's atom bomb, says PPP's Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

Criticising the PTI government’s handling of the sugar and wheat crisis, Bilawal said Imran Khan had failed to alleviate sufferings of the people. “Now there is a looming gas crisis. Our inflation rate is the worst in the region.”

Talking about the December 16, 2014 terror attack at the Army Public School in Peshawar, Bilawal said the current government had failed victims of the APS massacre. “Ehsanullah Ehsan escaped under their watch. They [PTI] have abandoned APS victims and we condemn it.”
 
I'm begging them to resign. Please. So Sindh can finally be rid of them and PTI can sweep all PPP and PMLN seats. After the decision to move senate elections to Feb they know they're out of options.
 
Fazlur Rehman is himself ‘selected’, says senior JUI-F leader Maulana Sherani

QUETTA: Senior leader of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) and former chairman of the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) Maulana Muhammad Khan Sherani on Sunday said that the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) has been set up for "personal gains," adding that Maulana Fazlur Rehman is himself "selected."

Shedding light on PDM's plan to topple Prime Minister Imran Khan's government, Sherani said that the 11-party alliance will not be able to do that.

"I had predicted it a long time ago that Imran Khan's government will complete its five-year term," Maulana Muhammad Khan Sherani said. "He will stay in power for the next five years too."

'Fazlur Rehman is himself selected'
Taking a jibe at PDM chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Sherani said that Fazlur Rehman is himself "selected," therefore, he has no right to say that Prime Minister Imran Khan was selected to become the premier instead of being elected.

He said that the JUI is not anyone's "hereditary party or personal property," adding that those who believe that are delusional.

"I will set up JUI's offices across Balochistan in consultation with my colleagues," he said.

Speaking about JUI-Fazl's former party’s spokesperson Hafiz Hussain Ahmed, who was removed from his position by the party last month over his statement critical of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, Sherani said that Ahmed "is an old and wise companion."

JUI calls a meeting on December 24
According to party sources, Maulana Sherani had not raised any objection during the election of JUI-F's ameer, adding that his displeasure with Fazlur Rehman has surfaced just now.

Maulana Sherani had even contested in the election to become the JUI-F ameer from Balochistan, they said.

The sources said that the JUI-F has convened a meeting in Islamabad on December 24 where Maulana Sherani's allegations against Fazlur Rehman for being "selected" will be discussed and a high-level inquiry will be launched into the matter.

'Fazlur Rehman has been exposed,' says Punjab govt spokesperson
Reacting to Maulana Sherani's statement, Punjab government spokesperson Musarrat Jamshed Cheema said that Maulana Fazlur Rehman has been exposed by his friends.

"After Hafiz Hussain Ahmed, Maulana Sherani's statement has brought Fazlur Rehman's reality to the fore," Cheema said. "Those who called PM Imran Khan selected have now received an answer to that from their own friends."

She added that the recent statements have proved that Fazlur Rehman is working for personal gains, not for the sake of democracy.

"After PML-N, cracks have also started appearing in JUI-F, which shows the failure of the PDM," Cheema said.

'There is no such thing as coronavirus'

Sherani also shed light on several other issues and said that there is nothing such as coronavirus, adding that the "so-called" disease is a part of the New World Order propaganda.

https://www.geo.tv/latest/325609-maulana-muhammad-khan-sherani
 
What was the rush to become PM when you weren't prepared, asks Maryam at Mardan rally

PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz on Wednesday lashed out at the government for playing "musical chairs" with the federal cabinet and questioned why the premier assumed office when he wasn't prepared for the challenges.

Addressing the Pakistan Democratic Movement's (PDM) 'Mehangai March' in Mardan, she said: "Before the election, [the prime minister] used to say that he has a team of 200 fantastic individuals. Where is that 200-person team now?

"Ministers in his cabinet play musical chairs with each other [...] but that 200 person team is nowhere to be seen in Pakistan," she said.

"He says that he was unaware about the country's power issues, external debt, the current account deficit, and didn't know how to run the government and was not prepared." However, you were prepared for the sugar, wheat and LNG scams through which you stole from the people's pockets, she said.

"You weren't prepared to give the jobs you promised but you were prepared to bring in your friends and give them jobs."

Maryam's comments come a day after Prime Minister Imran Khan said that never should a new government come to power without doing its homework and without getting briefings.

“When I review my performance, we took three months only to understand [issues as] everything that we had been looking at from outside was altogether different after we came to power.

"I must also share, for one-and-a-half years we remained unable to even know the actual figures of different sectors, particularly the power sector. From one ministry at times the figures indicated we were performing very well and then sometimes some other figure showed we were not performing that well," he had said at a special ceremony held to sign ‘Performance Agreements of the Federal Government for the Year 2020-21’ in Islamabad.

During today's rally, Maryam said that coronavirus patients had died at Khyber Teaching Hospital after there was a delay in procuring oxygen cylinders. "You were not prepared to provide medical services, but you were prepared to raise the prices of medicines?"

She added that the premier was prepared to throw the sisters and daughters of his opponents in jail but was prepared to give an NRO to his sister.

You were not prepared to work on our foreign policy but were prepared to surrender Kashmir to India, she said. "You had zero preparation to run the government but were fully prepared to be obedient. After two-and-a-half years, you still don't know how to govern but you know how to be obedient very well."

'PM has admitted his failure'
Addressing the rally after Maryam, the PDM chief said that opposition has been saying that the current government is inept, but now the premier himself has admitted his failure.

"He said that he could not make sense of the figures that were presented before him [...] such a government does not have the right to make decisions for the people," he said.

He added that the Supreme Court had also raised questions over the conduct of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). "There is no trusting the accountability process now. It is a puppet of the establishment and has no value of its own.

"The premier says that I will have to answer, but I want to say to him that he is in the grip of my accountability," he said. "First get yourself off the hook, then talk about us."

He said that Pakistan was currently facing a myriad of issues. "A country with a sinking economy can't safeguard its geographical sovereignty."

He said that Pakistan had become "isolated" in the region while Saudi Arabia and China "were cross". China gave you a loan to repay your debts to the Saudis at an interest rate of 14 per cent, he said, adding that China did this because the government had "treated them badly".

"You have destroyed the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and ruined Chinese investment in Pakistan. What else can you expect from the world when you treat them as such?"

He added that currently the economy of Afghanistan, Iran, Malaysia and Indonesia was better than Pakistan. "Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka and Nepal are moving ahead while Pakistan is sinking. The more days the government stays in the power, the more the country will continue to sink."

He said that the PDM will march to Islamabad with the nation to demand the premier's resignation. "We will not rest till we remove the government," he said.

'People have come out in throngs'
Earlier today, PDM leaders arrived in Mardan to hold a rally that was dubbed the 'Mehangai March'. The caravans of the opposition leaders passed through various areas of the city before convening on Nowshera Road, where they addressed participants.

All roads surrounding the venue were closed down for traffic while 1,600 policemen were deputed to ensure security. This was the first rally the 11-party opposition alliance is staging in Mardan.

The PDM went ahead ahead with the rally despite the district administration denying them permission due to a rise in coronavirus cases. Maryam, who had left for Mardan earlier today, called the demonstration a "huge rally" and said Mardan was "choked".

"It is beautiful and heartwarming to see workers of the ANP and the JUI-F receive and greet me with the same affection as the PML-N," she said.

She added that the way "people have come out in throngs and multitudes showed how sick they are of non-stop mehngayi and bad governance".

Earlier today, Information Minister Shibli Faraz said that the "opportunistic groups" in the PDM have different and separate directions.

"The people running a movement against the government are facing movements against themselves," he said. He added that those who prioritise their personal interests will gain nothing except humiliation. He said the chaotic politics of the opposition will not do the country or the people any good.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1597404/w...u-werent-prepared-asks-maryam-at-mardan-rally
 
Any more news on the resignations, apparently 2 have resigned so far. Lets hope they don't have sleepless nights about them being accepted. This is going to be fun, when are all the other guys going to resign
 
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Any more news on the resignations, apparently 2 have resigned so far. Lets hope they don't have sleepless nights about them being accepted. This is going to be fun, when are all the other guys going to resign
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The reportedly hv backtracked from the resignations. It’s all a drama from the dacoit movement..
 
PTI's Faisal Javed wants Opposition to submit resignations by Dec 31 for a 'truly New Year'

RAWALPINDI: PTI leader Senator Faisal Javed Khan has expressed his wish for the Opposition lawmakers to submit their resignations by December 31, 2020, in order celebrate a "truly New Year".

Speaking at the Quaid-e-Azam Day event here at the Rawalpindi Arts Council, Javed said everything Prime Minister Imran Khan was doing was "for the nation".

"The PPP and the PML-N had promised in writing that they would support all legislation that is in the public's interest," the PTI leader said.

However, "the Opposition demanded amendments to 34 of the 38 clauses of the NAB-related legislation", he added, noting that the parties involved in the anti-government Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) demanded the removal of the references the anti-graft watchdog had filed against them.

"If the Opposition wants to resign, they should submit the resignations by December 31 so that 2021 becomes a truly New Year," he added.

Senator Javed underscored that PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz was "proven to be the owner of two flats" but warned that PM Imran Khan "will not [be open to] talking about London flats and the [National Reconciliation Ordinance] NRO."

He took another jibe at the Opposition coalition, saying that if the PDM parties were awarded the NRO they were demanding, their anti-government movement would end right away.

"The PDM alliance is breathing its last," the PTI leader observed, adding that Maryam Nawaz was threatening the PML-N lawmakers to resign right away or their homes would be besieged.

https://www.geo.tv/latest/326516-pt...t-resignations-by-dec-31-for-a-truly-new-year
 
The so called 'opposition' are shooting themselves in the foot with their circus rallies. Despite high inflation, masses did not attended their rallies and gatherings. Our people are not stupid anymore, as long as IK is there, these irrelevant losers from PDM have zero chance. Most of them will be either in jail or will leave the country after 2023 general elections.
 
DERA ISMAIL KHAN/ LAHORE: The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) is not ready to hold any "dialogue" with the ruling PTI government, PDM chief Fazlur Rahman and PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz both said on Friday, throwing cold water on any possibility of reconciliation at the national level.

The statements from the key Opposition leaders came a day after Pakistan Muslim League-Functional secretary-general Muhammad Ali Durrani met PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif, where he proposed that a Track II dialogue was the need of the hour.

Fazl said all opposition parties are united and their demands are the prime minister’s resignation and free and fair elections.

The PDM chief further said the personal opinion of an opposition leader should not be construed as the PDM’s stance.

"The Functional League is the B-team of the establishment whose people are performing duties designated to them," Fazl said, adding that Shehbaz Sharif is a prisoner, so anyone can meet him. However, he said that such things cannot influence the Opposition's collective standpoint.

'PML-N backs PDM's decision of not holding talks'

PML-N Vice-President Maryam Nawaz too asserted that the PDM will not enter into any kind of negotiations with the government amid calls for dialogue.

Taking to Twitter, Maryam said that the PML-N leadership backs the PDM's decision to avoid holding talks with the government, adding that "mini or grand dialogues hold no importance".

"We will not give an NRO to this fake puppet government. This is the nation's decision," Maryam maintained.

What happened in the Durrani-Shehbaz meeting?

Talking to journalists after the meeting, Durrani had said that once a series of resignations begins, the move will be detrimental for democracy and the country in general.

Durrani said that the country's current situation demands a "grand dialogue" and that supremacy of the Constitution is a fundamental need for Pakistan.

"Track II dialogue is the need of the hour," he said, adding: "These dialogues will not get exposed [to the public], but their results will."

He said that whether it is the government or the Opposition, "the wiser people" among both wish to continue talking to each other.

"Every thinking man knows that a conflict is not in the interest of Pakistan [...] we have not come here to antagonise anyone," Durrani said.

He went on to say that the party leadership wishes both the government and the Opposition will go to parliament and sort out their differences.

"In this conflict, not only will the loser have lost, but the winner too will gain nothing."

"We are fully prepared for Track II dialogue," he added.

https://www.geo.tv/latest/326591-fa...silence-talk-of-dialogues-between-pdm-and-pti
 
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