ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) on Thursday announced it will stage a long march against the PTI government on March 26, seen as one of the major components of the opposition’s anti-government movement started last year.
Speaking to reporters after an hours-long meeting of the alliance’s leadership in Islamabad, PDM chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said the opposition parties in PDM will contest the upcoming Senate elections jointly.
“Caravans of long march will leave for Islamabad from across the country on March 26,” Rehman said.
He added that the PDM had decided that “we will contest the Senate elections jointly; there will be a joint strategy for it and we will not compete against each other. We will field joint candidates.”
Answering a question, Rehman said the PDM will decide about the PPP’s suggestion to move a no-confidence motion against the prime minister, as well as about resigning from assemblies, after the Senate elections.
He refused to divulge details of how long the long march would last, but said its objective was “to rid the nation of an illegitimate and incompetent government and return to it the vote that was stolen from it”.
