JUI-F, PPP and PML-N finalise plans to mobilise public for Azadi March.

Byline: Aamir Yasin

RAWALPINDI -- The Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), PPP and PML-N have finalised their public mobilisation plan to join the Azadi March in Islamabad and the Rawalpindi division.

The parties have decided on a combined campaign for the mobilisation of the public in different parts of the Rawalpindi division to participate in the march.

JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said on Sunday that the Rawalpindi chapters of all three parties held a meeting to discuss strategies to mobilise the public for the march.

Rallies to enter Rawalpindi from Rawat, Attock, Fazl says

Party leaders decided they would bring their workers to the march prepared for a sit-in, he said. They have also made plans for how to bring people to the march if the government places shipping containers to intercept them.

Mr Rehman said PML-N leaders assured that the party would continue to work with the JUI-F until Prime Minister Imran Khan resigns.

They will continue to hold meetings over the next few days to continue planning according to their requirements, he said.

Rallies from Lahore and Peshawar, among other parts of the country, will enter Rawalpindi from Rawat and the Attock Bridge, Mr Rehman said.

However, this is an initial plan and could be changed on Oct 29 or Oct 30; the march is scheduled to enter the capital on Oct 31.

'There are enough people in the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad to fill Jinnah Avenue,' Mr Rehman claimed.

He said the Punjab police has not yet arrested JUI-F leaders but is pressuring party leaders using various means.

'Some prominent leaders were booked in cases of collecting sacrificial animal hides in the past, and these cases were renewed now,' he said.

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