Pak Opposition alliance PDM to stage its final rally

Lahore, Dec 13: The Pakistan Democratic Movement, an 11-party Opposition alliance seeking the ouster of “puppet” Prime Minister Imran Khan, is set to hold its final rally here on Sunday, despite a ban on the gathering of more than 300 people owing to an increase in COVID-19 cases across the country.
A number of workers of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) have reached Minar-i-Pakistan.
They broke the locks of its main gate, placed chairs and have installed lights for Sunday’s much-hyped power show of the Opposition.
The rally will be addressed by former prime minister and PML-N supreme leader Nawaz Sharif from London, his daughter Maryam Nawaz, Jamiat Ulema Islam chief and PDM head Maulana Fazlur Rehman and PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. “The government has not given permission to the PDM to hold a rally at Minar-e-Pakistan Lahore because of the rise in COVID-19 cases. Action will be taken against those who will take the law into their hands,” Punjab Law Minister Basharat Raja said. So far, police in Lahore have booked more than 3,000 workers of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz for violating COVID-19 SOPs during this week’s meetings held here by its vice-president Maryam, he said. (PTI)