PDM decides to focus on transparent elections, organise rally in Karachi: Fazlur Rehman

"The opposition leaders, including PML-N patron Nawaz Sharif and Vice President Maryam Nawaz who participated via video link, had analysed in detail the overall situation in the country as well as internal and foreign matters," he said while talking to reporters in Islamabad after the PDM's first high-level meeting since May. 

The meeting, Fazalur Rehman, said the meeting participants condemned the worstever inflation in the counrty and opined that the country had been passing through severe crisis.    

To deal with the situation, he said the PDM's steering committee would meet in Islamabad on August 21 after the parties in the alliance discuss the recommendations made during today's meeting so they can be given a "practical shape", Rehman said.

"The PDM leadership will then hold a meeting on Aug 28 in Karachi to discuss the recommendations agreed upon by the steering committee and make decisions. A rally will be organised by PDM on Aug 29 in Karachi," teh PDM chief announced.

He further said the PDM rejected the results of AJK elections and that the EVM is the most easy way to rig elections.

Fazaul Rehman announced that Aftab Sherpao had been appointed as Senior Vice President of the PDM.

Speaking on the occasion, PML-N president Mian Shehbaz Sharif said the PTI government was doing politics on the illness of Nawaz Sharif, but he would not return to Pakistan till his medical treatment is complete.

Getting relief for MNS in court cases, objective behind revival of PDM's dead horse: Fawad

Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain said on Wednesday that the objective behind revival of the dead horse of the Pakistan Democratic Movement was to get relief for Muhammed Nawaz Sharif (MNS) in court cases.

On the one hand, Nawaz Sharif's visa was not being extended in the UK, on the other hand, the PDM was once again trying to revive its dead horse which needed an explanation, Chaudhry Fawad said in a statement in response to PDM leaders press conference.

The minister said it was hoped that Shahbaz Sharif would also keep the repatriation of his brother Nawaz Sharif on the agenda of the PDM, which he had guaranteed in the courts. He said that PDM had become a group of rejected leaders and Maulana Fazlur Rehman and Shahbaz Sharif should work together to make a victims league.

When the PDM first started its protest rallies, it got split, then when it came out to demand, the resignation of the government, the ANP and the PPP resigned from the PDM, Chaudhry Fawad reminded. Taking a dig on the opposition alliance he said the PDM movement would end in the form of resignations of Maulana Fazlur Rehman and others.

Fawad said that useless meetings of the opposition parties had no impact and the commitment of the people of Pakistan with Prime minister Imran Khan was getting stronger and deeper because they wanted to see him successful.

Prime Minister Imran Khan, he said, had changed the course of the country's economy as a result of continuous hard work, perseverance and brilliant strategy. Giving relief to the common man was his first priority, the coming months and years would be for the development and prosperity of the country, the minister said.