Stage set for PPP’s power show under PDM banner in Karachi on Sunday

[MenInG]

KARACHI: The Pakistan Democratic Movement is set to stage its second power show today in Karachi where unlike Gujranwala the 11-party opposition alliance finds it easy to hold a rally at Bagh-i-Jinnah with all facilitation from local administration and police, lifting hopes of Pakistan Peoples Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari about the success of the show and eventual fall of the Imran Khan-led government.

Although the prime minister and his ministers ruled out any threat to the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) government amid rising political temperature and momentum of the opposition parties, the PPP and leaders of other parties in the alliance were counting his days mainly on “support from the people” and expected a “jam-packed” venue adjacent to the Quaid’s mausoleum.

“The PPP is going to stage a massive power show, which would tell Imran Khan what the people think about him,” Mr Bhutto-Zardari told Dawn in brief replies to a couple of queries. “I don’t even have a shadow of a doubt over the success of the PDM campaign.”

“It’s launched in the same spirit like the PPP led in the past campaigns of MRD [Movement for the Restoration of Democracy against General Zia regime] and ARD [Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy against General Musharraf]. The Oct 18 rally would let Imran Khan know where the people really stand. It’s time for the puppet PM to get panicked.”

Preparations under way amid enthusiasm

This reporter visited Bagh-i-Jinnah on Saturday evening and found a number of party workers and volunteers giving final touches to the arrangements in the presence of almost an equal number of policemen and local officials.

A giant multi-container stage was being raised facing the Quaid’s mausoleum with Preedy Street on its back.

Bilawal says it’s time for Imran Khan to get panicked; Nawaz will not address rally

Just two days ago, the opposition was complaining against the PTI-led Punjab government for launching a crackdown before its Oct 16 Gujranwala rally and found it hard to make the show a success. But in Karachi the situation remains totally different. Amid security of police and assistance of the local administration, a large number of excited youngsters and workers of the ruling party are making arrangements for the rally against the PTI government.

A pile of huge-sized speakers to support the sound system was being loaded over several trucks so they could be fixed at different places in the ground. Behind the stage, a handful of youngsters were fixing a bunch of wires to connect them with the panel of sound and music system being set up along the stage.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1585589/stage-set-for-ppps-power-show-under-pdm-banner-in-karachi-today

 

[MenInG]

The 11-party opposition alliance Pakistan Democratic Movement will hold its second power show today in Karachi, hosted by the Pakistan Peoples Party.

PML-N’s vice president Maryam Nawaz arrived in Karachi on Sunday afternoon and was welcomed at the airport by a large number of party workers.

This is her first public appearance in the metropolis. From the airport, she is headed to the Quaid’s mausoleum to offer fateha. Maryam is accompanied by former Sindh governor and PML-N leader Mohammad Zubair. Her party has claimed to have set up camps on 17 spots to welcome her.

Source Dawn

 

[MenInG]

 

[MenInG]

The second power show of 11-party opposition alliance Pakistan Democratic Movement is underway in Karachi, hosted by the Pakistan Peoples Party.

PPP chief Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, PML-N vice presidents Maryam Nawaz and Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman and Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party chairman Mehmood Achakzai, among other leaders, arrived on the stage set up at Bagh-i-Jinnah late in the evening.

Hundreds of supporters of the opposition parties welcomed the leaders at the venue, dancing to the beat of PPP’s anthem.

The crowd waved flags of the various political parties represented by the PDM. Bilawal thanked the enthusiastic crowd and welcomed the JUI-F chief and PML-N vice president.

MNA Mohsin Dawar also arrived in Karachi earlier today along with supporters and workers of the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM) group to attend the rally. Dawar said that PPP chief Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari had invited him to attend the public meeting. The PTM leader said he will address the crowd in which he will talk about the current situation of the country, missing persons as well the situation along the tribal belt.

Dawar had not attended the first rally of the opposition alliance.

Maryam arrived in Karachi on Sunday afternoon and was welcomed at the airport by a large number of party workers.

This is her first public appearance in the metropolis. After leaving the airport, Maryam visited the Quaid’s mausoleum to offer fateha. She was accompanied by former Sindh governor and PML-N leader Mohammad Zubair as well as Captain retired Muhammad Safdar, party spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb and former premier Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.

Speaking to a private news channel later in the evening as she left her hotel, Maryam said she was "grateful" for the enthusiastic welcome she had received in Karachi.

The PML-N vice president said that PDM's primary aim was to restore the sanctity of the masses' vote which was "stolen" in the 2018 general elections.

"The public is now ahead of us. We (opposition) have gotten late in representing the masses but now we have gathered at the PDM platform," she said.

Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, however, will not address participants today. In his speech at the Gujranwala public meeting on Friday via video link from London, Nawaz had accused Army Chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa and ISI chief Lt Gen Faiz Hameed of being behind his ouster as prime minister and of "bringing Imran Khan into power", among other things.

Hitting back at his political opponents a day after their power show in Gujranwala, a furious Prime Minister Imran Khan declared that he would get “tougher” with them and vowed to start making all-out efforts to bring Nawaz Sharif back to the country and send him behind bars.

“Come back and see where I put you [Nawaz Sharif],” said the prime minister touching his chin as a gesture and challenging the deposed prime minister to return to the country.

Strict security measures
Heavy contingents of police have been deployed across the route of the rally. According to a statement by Karachi police, about 3,740 officials have been deployed along with 30 senior officials and 65 deputy superintendents of police to ensure fool proof security.

About 112 female officials of the special security unit have also been posted in different spots and 284 commandoes of the SSU will be present at the venue.

Alternate traffic routes released by police. — Provided by Imtiaz Ali
Since several roads and main thoroughfares have been blocked due to the rally, Karachi police have released alternate traffic routes to facilitate residents.

Furthermore, 159 officials of the Rapid Response Force have also been deployed to provide security.

Addressing the media at the venue, Sindh Murad Ali Shah said that the government had taken all necessary measures to ensure that health guidelines laid out to curb the spread of Covid-19 are observed during the upcoming rally.

Though masks have been made available at the venue, few people were seen wearing them.

Speaking in Multan on Sunday, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said a government that has been elected into power, cannot be sent packing just because the opposition wanted it gone.

"This alliance, called PDM, is a temporary alliance. People consider it to be an unnatural alliance. Why unnatural? Because this movement does not have one flag, one leader or one ideology.

"Multiple people have gathered out of fear; fear of their own doing, of their incompetence, of the cases against them which could reach a conclusion soon [...] of their political trajectory."

He also pointed to friction among the parties saying at the Gujranwala rally, when on stage there were chants of 'Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif', there was silence among PPP supporters in the crowd.

He also called on Bilawal to look inward before dishing out criticism, saying his party has ruled Sindh for 12 consecutive years now. "How long will you get votes on behalf of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Benazir Bhutto?"

Bilawal confident of turnout
PPP chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari said he is confident about the success of the show and eventual fall of the Imran Khan-led government.

“The PPP is going to stage a massive power show, which would tell Imran Khan what the people think about him,” Bilawal told Dawn a day before the power show. “I don’t even have a shadow of a doubt over the success of the PDM campaign.”

“I am frequently arguing that it’s not for our people but for the PM to get panicked,” said the PPP chairman. “He [Imran Khan] has seen his fate. He can no more shift responsibility of his failures on past government for face-saving. People are asking questions and he has nothing to answer. The people are disappointed and this would lead only in the fall of Imran Khan and his government.”

JUI-F promises to make rally a success
JUI-F chief and PDM president Maulana Fazlur Rehman landed in the city on Saturday, pumping up the enthusiasm in the party and local leadership of the right-wing organisation.

“The JUI-F made the Gujranwala rally successful and it would do the same here in Karachi,” said party leader Qari Muhammad Usman. “You would see people of every age and ethnicity from our platform. The Oct 18 rally is expected to be much bigger than the one held in Gujranwala. We have mobilised the party cadre a week ago and made healthy preparation for its success.”

https://www.dawn.com/news/1585732/a...yam-set-to-address-pdm-2nd-power-show-shortly

 

[Syed1]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="ur" dir="rtl">یہ اوقات ہے پاکستان میں ان گیارہ سیاسی جماعتوں کی، خوف کا عالم یہ ہے کہ آدھے سے زیادہ گراؤنڈ کنٹینر لگا کر چھوٹا کر دیا گیا ہے. <a href="https://t.co/qhNMzAy7Xx">pic.twitter.com/qhNMzAy7Xx</a></p>— Khurrum Sher Zaman (@KhurrumZamanPTI) <a href="https://twitter.com/KhurrumZamanPTI/status/1317718610467561472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 18, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[Syed1]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Continuously for the second time, the Anti state narrative of opposition has been rejected by the people of Pakistan. This circus has nothing to do with democracy, they're just helping each other in their corruption.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PDMcircusInKarachi?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PDMcircusInKarachi</a> <a href="https://t.co/IgnMCivI3H">pic.twitter.com/IgnMCivI3H</a></p>— Iqra Noreen (@IqraNoreen_) <a href="https://twitter.com/IqraNoreen_/status/1317849360076623874?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 18, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[Kianig89]

All corrupt parties under one umbrella

 

[MenInG]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is just not acceptable. The sanctity of Quaid’s Mazar disrespected by these criminals masquerading as politicians. <a href="https://t.co/XD1w9ATC62">pic.twitter.com/XD1w9ATC62</a></p>— Ali Haider Zaidi (@AliHZaidiPTI) <a href="https://twitter.com/AliHZaidiPTI/status/1317814284945182720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 18, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

As disgusting as these thugs get.

 

[Abdullah719]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ok this is NOT on. <a href="https://twitter.com/SAMAATV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SAMAATV</a> reporter <a href="https://twitter.com/sanjaysadhwani2?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@sanjaysadhwani2</a> was showing people trying to leave and we are receiving reports that he has been beaten badly at the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Karachi?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Karachi</a> jalsa. <a href="https://t.co/eiMyBdbt8Q">https://t.co/eiMyBdbt8Q</a></p>— Mahim Maher (@MahimMaher) <a href="https://twitter.com/MahimMaher/status/1317871187926593536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 18, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Power show of a different type

 

[ahmedzee]

Surprised that karachites showed up for this PPP led jaldi, knowing well what they hve done to karachi and sindh in the last 30 years.

 

[Syed1]

Surprised that karachites showed up for this PPP led jaldi, knowing well what they hve done to karachi and sindh in the last 30 years.

Karachiites didnt show up to this event. Buses loaded from interior Sindh were brought still it is a proper flop.


Karachi never votes for PPP or PML-N.

 

[Syed1]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="ur" dir="rtl">جلسے کے اندر کے حالات تو بہت خراب ہیں۔ پیسے دے کر لائے گئے اور اصل کارکنان میں فرق ہوتا ہے۔ <a href="https://t.co/7d5wS3x9n6">pic.twitter.com/7d5wS3x9n6</a></p>— Dr. Shahbaz GiLL (@SHABAZGIL) <a href="https://twitter.com/SHABAZGIL/status/1317868712205160448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 18, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[cricketjoshila]

Imran has 3 years left. So why this premature show of popularity? Are they going to do this for 3 years?

 

[Star_Coffee]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is just not acceptable. The sanctity of Quaid’s Mazar disrespected by these criminals masquerading as politicians. <a href="https://t.co/XD1w9ATC62">pic.twitter.com/XD1w9ATC62</a></p>— Ali Haider Zaidi (@AliHZaidiPTI) <a href="https://twitter.com/AliHZaidiPTI/status/1317814284945182720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 18, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

As disgusting as these thugs get.

Wow, desperation is showing. They know it’s over for them.

 

[Bewal Express]

All corrupt parties under one umbrella

You've changed your tune.

 

[Bewal Express]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is just not acceptable. The sanctity of Quaid’s Mazar disrespected by these criminals masquerading as politicians. <a href="https://t.co/XD1w9ATC62">pic.twitter.com/XD1w9ATC62</a></p>— Ali Haider Zaidi (@AliHZaidiPTI) <a href="https://twitter.com/AliHZaidiPTI/status/1317814284945182720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 18, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

As disgusting as these thugs get.

And when you thought they couldn't go any lower, they give the sewer rats a run for their money. What is wrong with these haraamis?

 

[GoUgandaCranes]

Maryam's vision starts and ends at the bonnet of her illegally accrued car. She's been surrounded by darbaaris all her life and is nothing but an arrogant monarch akin to the queens of Paris before the French revolution.

Bilalwal has no idea of reality and has never spent a day even doing grocery let alone any real work. Add to that his health is abysmal and the only real parallel to him is the North Korean wonderkid who ends up in a coma every sixth month yet magically survives.

The imposter Mullah is creating jaahils out of the poor who will never understand dignity and are being robbed of their youth and life.

The racist pashtoon has no real value outside the social media bubble orchestrated and sponsored by his foreign handlers.

The Disney-Pixar UP lookalike party leader was dethroned by the fake Mullah in most of the constituencies his party participated in yet they sit side by side claiming that there was rigging in the election and their mandate was stolen. The level of mental thickness here is beyond the realm of calculation.

No one knows who else is part of this coalition and why they are there.

Then there are media people working overtime to prove their loyalties to this dynastic unjustful lawful corrupt elite. A few are still using sarcasm and wit to hide their true intentions while for a few the masks are totally of. The Meers, Gharidas, Ammars, and the other no names who are tooting the horns of resistance and civilian supremacy are all products of nepotism, fraud, corruption, and are direct beneficiaries of a system that has bled to many to serve the few. These apologists have no shame, dignity, or compassion and are mercinaries of the highest order. Their past lies should be enough for people to see their true faces but with jahaalat rampant in our society, they continue to haunt us like ghosts and leech us of all the good that's still miraculously left in us.

The heart bleeds seeing people from interior Sindh being dragged in local transport, paid peanuts to sit in these horse and cattle shows. The cricket ground in Gujranwala that hasn't seen any cricket in years, that hollowed turf where dreams should turn to theaters becoming a propaganda peddling cr*p hole.

These are some of the worst people in our nation, yet they shamelessly continue to rule us, destroy us, and make us become so submissive and used to gaslighting that we find flaws in ourself to defend their loot and plunder.

 

[Abdullah719]

PTI MPAs seek case against PML-N leaders over violating sanctity of Quaid's mausoleum

Lawmakers and leaders of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) approached the police for the registration of a case against the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leadership on Sunday, accusing the latter of violating the sanctity of the Quaid's mausoleum.

PTI MPAs Raja Azhar Khan, Haleem Adil Sheikh and others from the party submitted an application at the Brigade police station, asking the police to register a case against PML-N's Maryam Nawaz, Captain Safdar, Marriyum Aurangzeb, Ali Akbar Gujjar and approximately 200 others.

According to the application, the PTI leaders accused the latter of violating the mausoleum's sanctity by crossing the metal barrier encircling Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah's grave and shouting slogans that "disrespected" the site and "hurt the sentiments" of the people.

The application further stated that the incident, occurring around 5:30pm, was broadcast by domestic and foreign media outlets.

The complainants also claimed that this act prompted angry citizens to take to the streets, but law enforcement officials were prevented from taking action. It added that interference in the government's course of action was a grave crime.

The petition, signed by MPA Khan, sought legal proceedings against the accused.

https://tribune.com.pk/story/226897...s-over-violating-sanctity-of-quaids-mausoleum

 

[Giannis]

I don't follow Pakistani politics but I saw Bilawal ranting on Tiktok lol, he seriously needs to retire from politics he doesn't have the personality of a statesman

 

[saeedhk]

The band of bandits is coming together again to dave their ill-gotten loot! I hope to see a Pakistan free of the PPP and PML-N.

 

[The Viper]

PM Imran Khan 'enjoying' PDM rallies, says Faisal Javed

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan is "enjoying" the Opposition’s rallies and the PTI government is "not bothered by these flop programmes”, Senator Faisal Javed Khan can be heard saying in a video shared by him on Tuesday on Twitter.

The senator made the statement while taking part in a discussion on the Pakistan Democratic Movement’s (PDM) anti-government rallies in the Upper House of Parliament.

“The PTI government is not affected by public rallies; in fact, we are enjoying them. PM Imran Khan sahab is also enjoying these flop programmes of the Opposition.”

“They can hold as many rallies as they want,” he added.

Referring to the recently-formed 11-party alliance of Opposition parties, he likened the situation to an honest police officer taking charge in a crime-infested area and all the thieves ganging up against him.

“They all have joined hands against the PTI because they want only one thing from Imran Khan, and that is an NRO,” he said.

Holding a piece of paper which he said contained the amendments proposed by the PML-N and PPP to the accountability law, the senator alleged that they only wanted the corruption cases against their leaders withdrawn.

He went on to say that PM Imran Khan has already made it clear to them that he will not give them an NRO "at any cost".

“They are not holding public rallies for the public interest: they are out on the streets to save their corruption and money laundering,” Faisal claimed.

“Maryam Nawaz says that their movement will continue till the restoration of rule and law in the country. We also say the same thing: that the supremacy of law should mean that they ought to be in jail for their money laundering and corruption.”

https://www.geo.tv/latest/314155-pm-imran-khan-enjoying-pdm-rallies-says-faisal-javed

 

[last_knight]

I think Bilawal Zardari will not attend the next Jalsa. His schedule has him on 03 weeks vacations which he is scheduled to spend in Northern Areas/Gilgit.

 

[uberkoen]

What is the point of all this? Are they doing this as an election campaign for the senate elections?

 

[last_knight]

What is the point of all this? Are they doing this as an election campaign for the senate elections?

To satisfy fat egos of NS and MFR.

PPP is least interested. In Gjw, Bilawal left before speech of MFR. Didn't allow NS speech in Khi. And not likely to attend next Jalsa.

MNS singlehandedly has ended the political career of her father. Premature statements of MNS, fed by PPP, on arrest of Capt Safdar may well turn out to be harakiri for her.

 

[uberkoen]

To satisfy fat egos of NS and MFR.

PPP is least interested. In Gjw, Bilawal left before speech of MFR. Didn't allow NS speech in Khi. And not likely to attend next Jalsa.

MNS singlehandedly has ended the political career of her father. Premature statements of MNS, fed by PPP, on arrest of Capt Safdar may well turn out to be harakiri for her.

I think Nawaz did that himself way before MNS. However, MNS has to be the worst political leader I've seen in a long time and that's saying a lot considering we have the likes of Bilawal present as well.