Fawad welcomes PDM’s decision to withdraw its long march

Taking to twitter, Fawad wrote that country needs political stability and urged opposition parties to initiate dialogues over electoral reforms.

The federal minister further invited opposition to play its role in formulating new election laws and election commission.

Fawad said that judicial and administrative reforms are the need of the hour and the opposition should give its recommendations in this regard.

سیاسی استحکام ملک کی ضرورت ہے، اچھی بات ہے اپوزیشن لانگ مارچ سے پیچھے ہٹی ہے، پارلیمان میں ایک قدم آگے بڑھیں اور انتخابی اصلاحات سے بات چیت کا آغاز کریں، نئے الیکشن قوانین اور الیکشن کمیشن کی تشکیل کرتے ہیں عدالتی اور انتظامی اصلاحات وقت کی ضرورت ہیں اپوزیشن تجاویز دے

— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) March 17, 2021

Earlier yesterday, PDM decided to reschedule the long-march which was earlier planned to kick-start on March 26 from Karachi.

The announcement was made by Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman after a long 6-hour meeting which took place in Islamabad. The meeting was attended by opposition leaders.

Speaking to the media PDM chief said the March 26 planned long-march has been postponed till the time Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) decides about resignations.

The PDM chief then abruptly left the gathering, leaving Pakistani Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz to address the conference, flanked by PPP's Yousaf Raza Gillani.

Maryam said that she does not wish for speculations to rise so will not be speaking about the time sought by PPP.

She spoke, however, of PPP President Asif Ali Zardari's remarks whereby he had asked Nawaz Sharif to return to Pakistan and reportedly said to him that the party's resignations will only be handed in when he comes back.

She said to this, she responded "very respectfully" by saying that Nawaz's return to Pakistan "would be tantamount to handing his life over to killers which neither do the PML-N leaders want or the party's vote bank".

"And neither does the people of Pakistan want this because the people invest in their leaders. People want leaders who are alive and well," she said.