Addressing a public meeting in the Bacha Khan Chowk, leaders of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), which consists of an 11-party alliance, said that the misguided policies of the government led by Imran Khan had brought the country to the brink of economic disaster. Dawn quoted PDM as saying that …
Read More »Why the arrest of Nawaz Sharif’s son-in-law and the demonstrations by Pakistan’s umbrella group of opposing parties matter
All the political analysts in Pakistan and their outside observers for a long time have been speaking about the recent events in the country in very sinister terms. Pakistan is at a crossroads right now. For everyone who matters in the country: its people, its acting prime minister, the opposition …
Read More »Pak Oppn leaders beat up Imran Khan at rally, police ‘arrest’ husband of Maryam Nawaz
The administration of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan came under fire in Sunday’s mass protest rally at the Jinnah compound in Karachi. Thousands of people attended the event organized by the newly formed 11-party opposition alliance, the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM). Maryam Nawaz, daughter of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif …
Read More »Livid Imran Khan vows to jail Nawaz Sharif as oppn holds second rally
When the joint opposition movement held its second rally on Sunday, the Pakistani government was quick to respond to speeches made at its first major meeting. A visibly upset and angry prime minister, Imran Khan, told a conference of his supporters in Islamabad on Saturday that he would get “tougher” …
Read More »Nawaz Sharif accuses Pakistani army chief of overthrowing his government
Nawaz Sharif, a former prime minister of Pakistan, told an election rally on Friday night that the country’s army chief, General Qamar Bajwa, was responsible for overthrowing his government and installing Imran Khan as prime minister. Addressing the first public rally of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), the newly formed …
Read More »First demonstration of Pakistan’s oppn parties against the government of Imran Khan today to start a protest movement
Everything is set for Pakistan’s opposition coalition to hold its first public meeting on Friday night to start a series of agitations aimed at forcing Prime Minister Imran Khan out of the government. Maulana Fazlur Rehman, the head of Jamiat-Ulema Islam (F), who also heads the 11-party Pakistan Democratic Movement …
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