Anti-govt movement
PDM leaders formulate organisation structure, await party leader’s approval
our correspondent
ISLAMABAD
Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) – a multi-party alliance of the opposition parties – will hold its first public gathering in Quetta on October 11 as Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said that it would be the beginning of the anti-government movement.
An emergency meeting of the PDM was convened on Tuesday after the arrest of PML-N President Shehbaz Sharif by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) after rejection of his bail plea a day before.
Divulging details of the PDM meeting, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said that they discussed the steps needed for restoration of democracy in the country and issues faced by masses besides appointing PML-N stalwart Ahsan Iqbal as the head of the steering committee of the alliance.
He said that the steering committee would have two representatives each from every party and would hold public gatherings in every province of the country. “We will be presenting goals of our movement before the masses in a week,” he said, adding that all parties have agreed to oust the undemocratic government in the country.
