PDM Announces Gujranwala Public Meeting On GT Road, Warns of Dire Consequences Of Govt Uses Coercion
PDM Secretary General Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said that because the coward selected PTI government did not respond to the request for public meeting in Gujranwala Stadium on October 16th, the congregation will now be held on GT Road Gujranwala.
At a press conference following a meeting of PDM leaders, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said the government’s panic over 1 public meeting has exposed its reality. He said an application requesting permission to hold the congregation in the Gujranwala stadium was submitted to the relevant authority on October 3rd but it has still not been responded to. He said the selected PTI regime knows its public worth which was why it was resorting to tactics to sabotage the PDM public meeting.
Abbasi said blocking roads with containers, raiding corner meetings, arresting PDM workers across Punjab, harassing PDM supporters and workers won’t deter the spirits of the masses who have decided to rid the country from this disastrous government. He said the PDM has a constitutional right to hold a public meeting which is being denied by this government. He said people are struggling starving and struggling to feed their families because of the unprecedented inflation and unemployment created by this government which is the most corrupt government in the history of Pakistan.
The former Prime Minister told the district administration, the DC Gujranwala, Police Chief Gujranwala and other civil administrative officials that they have no obligation to PTI as they do not serve PTI. He said the administration officials should remember that they serve the constitution of Pakistan and all actions to prevent exercising of PDM’s constitutional rights will lead to disciplinary and legal action against them. Abbasi urged them not to become an instrument of the selected government’s political victimisation and violation of the constitution.
Abbasi said no amount of threats, harassment or containers can stop the massive flood of Pakistanis participating in the October 16th public meeting.
Speaking at the press conference PMLN Secretary General Ahsan Iqbal said the government is shaking in its boots over the first public meeting which goes to show how confident it is about itself. He reminded the PTI cabinet and spokespersons’ statements boasting that they don’t care and won’t interfere. But he said the PTI government is doing all it can to harass and sabotage the upcoming congregation. He mentioned that the factory of the PMLN youth wing Leader Shoaib Butt was raided by police and the staff their was assaulted and harassed. He told that the journalists who went to cover that raid were also baton-charged by the police and their equipment was damaged.
Ahsan said such fascist tactics have been the hallmark of this selected government ever since it was imposed on Pakistan. Those who paralysed the nation’s capital for over 3 months are sermoning PDM, he said. The failures and disasters of this Imran-led Mafia regime have driven the nation against the wall and now they had decided to take to the streets and oust this incompetent, corrupt looters.
PMLN Punjab President Rana Sanaullah said the PTI government which bragged about its public power has stooped lower than dictatorial regimes. He said the PTI government is pressuring Gujranwala administration officials to constantly disrupt all activities related to the October 16th public meeting. He pointed out that in its panic, the government has confiscated containers loaded with raw materials for Ghee Mills, which is creating another crisis after already existing sugar and wheat crisis.
Rana Sanaullah said the PDM’s public meeting is a peaceful exercise of constitutional rights of freedom of expression, associated and assembly. He warned that if this constitutional action were to be hindered by use of coercion, it would have dire consequences.
