Achakzai supports JUI-F march.

QUETTA -- Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party chairman Mehmood Khan Achakzai has announced his party's support for Azadi March scheduled to be held by the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl.

Speaking at a press conference here on Thursday, he said that a roundtable conference should be convened in view of the political situation prevailing in the country.

Mr Achakzai termed Azadi March a movement of all democratic forces and said Maulana Fazlur Rehman had taken a bold step by launching his party's march from Punjab.

He asked workers and supporters of his party to fully take part in Azadi March and rejected what he described as government propaganda that armed groups would join the march. He said giving more space to the incompetent prime minister would be a big blow for Pakistan and asked democratic parties to come forward to save the country from political...

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