Govt under PDM pressure to resign by 31st: PML-N.

RAWALPINDI -- Rejecting a perception that Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman can be pressurised, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb on Sunday said the government was under immense pressure from the opposition alliance's movement to resign by Jan 31.

'Due to PDM movement to get the resignation of the 'incompetent' government, the PTI ministers are making a hue and cry as the people supported the stance of the opposition,' she said while talking to reporters after an organisational meeting of the PML-N's Rawalpindi chapter.

She said the PDM called a meeting to chalk out the plan for a protest outside the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) under the chairmanship of MauAlaAna Fazl at his residence on Monday (today).

Ms Aurangzeb said PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz would attend the PDM meeting and would also lead a rally from Rawalpindi. However, she said the place where Ms Nawaz would arrive in Rawalpindi would be informed to the party workers on Monday.

'On January 19, lawyers, doctors, nurses and farmers will all have to leave their homes and join PDM [protest],' she said.

The PML-N spokesperson said the deadline for resignation of the 'selected government' was Jan 31. 'Setting the date of the foreign funding case on Feb 13 is a result of our pressure. I hope the Election Commission will...

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