PPP to 'fully' join Azadi March: Kaira.

LAHORE -- PPP Punjab President Qamar Zaman Kaira has said that the present government will have to be sent packing through the Azadi March led by Maulana Fazlur Rehman.

Speaking at a press conference here on Friday, Kaira said all the opposition parties were unanimous on the march and their united stand would oust the government. Chaudhry Manzoor, Aslam Gill, Hassan Murtaza, Malik Usman and others were also present.

Mr Kaira said the PPP's executive committee in Punjab discussed various issues, including the Maulana's march, which the body decided to fully join. He lamented that a party which had claimed while on opposition benches that it would take the country to new heights of development and prosperity, had hurt the national economy. Businessmen, doctors, working class, all were protesting against the 'incompetent' government.

The State Bank of Pakistan is saying that interest rates could not be lowered whereas federal ministers were asking people not to look towards the government for jobs as it was instead going to wrap up several departments.

Referring to media reports, Kaira said former president Asif Zardari's health was not in a good shape, but the government was not providing him the required treatment. He warned that if the...