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ISLAMABAD
The alliance of the opposition parties, Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) on Monday announced to hold its first public gathering in Karachi instead of Quetta on October 18 (Sunday).
Speaking to the media here, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Ahsan Iqbal announced that the first rally of the Opposition’s Pakistan Democratic Movement due to take place in Quetta on October 18 will now take place in Karachi.
Briefing the media about the decisions taken in the meeting of the steering committee of opposition alliance Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), Ahsan Iqbal said that former prime minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has been nominated as Vice-President of PDM while PML-N senior leader and former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has been named as secretary-general of Pakistan Democratic Movement. Ahsan Iqbal said that the opposition parties’ next rally would be held in Quetta on October 25, adding that the PDM will hold massive gatherings in Peshawar and Multan on November 22 and 30, respectively.
“The date of the first public rally was rescheduled due to clash of Karachi and Quetta programmes,” explained Ahsan Iqbal and added that a massive public gathering will be held in Lahore on December 13.
The opposition parties on Saturday nominated Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Emir Maulana Fazlur Rehman as head of the alliance.
On September 20, the opposition-led All Parties Conference (APC) announced the formation of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) aimed at jointly launching a countrywide protest. TLTP
