Resignation of Imran Khan is out of question: Ijaz Shah.

ISLAMABAD -- Interior Minister Brigadier (retd) Ijaz Ahmed Shah says the government will fully facilitate the protest March of JUI-F and will not create any hurdles in its way. He said that Imran Khan will remain prime minister of country in result of possible confrontation with the participation of the march, adding that the resignation of Imran Khan is out of question. He said that the name of Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif is not present on ECL. He said that all the passages of Islamabad are opened and government will not close any passage. He said that the government is not afraid of Azadi March because whosoever becomes afraid dies.

He was addressing a news conference in Islamabad on Thursday along with Special Assistant to PM on Information and Broadcasting Dr. Firdous Ashiq Awan. The Interior Minister pointed out that Maulana Fazlur Rehman kicked off his march on 27th of October and on Thursday they have reached the area of Gujjar Khan and Rawat.

He said on the instructions of the Prime Minister, the protestors from the four provinces have fully been facilitated. We provided them water, electricity and a traffic plan on their way to Islamabad so that they reach the federal capital without any untoward incident.

Ijaz Shah said the protesters coming from Punjab and Sindh will enter

Islamabad from Rawat T Chowk. They have been given the route of Faizabad and 9th Avenue to reach their designated place of protest at H-9. The container of Maulana Fazlur Rehman will be given a separate route so that he could comfortably reach the protest place. The Interior Minister assured to provide full security to the protestors.

He said the protest place at H-9 has been cleared of all the shrubs and bushes, and water and electricity have been provided there. Places of latrine and hotels have also been marked there.

The Interior Minister said it is the first time in the country's history that a sitting Prime Minister has given a go ahead to a protest march of any opposition party. He said those wanted to fire from the shoulders of Maulana Fazlur Rehman and create anarchy in the country have failed in their designs due to the government's decision of not stopping the protestors.

Ijaz shah said that government and opposition's Rehbar Committee agreed on six points. He said that 37-point code of conduct was signed between the JUI-F and Islamabad administration.

Ijaz Shah said that 20 to 25 thousand people from Sindh, Balochistan and Punjab have reached Gujjar...

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