The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has finally decided to launch a long march against the government, as its chief Nawaz Sharif summoned Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan here to devise a strategy.
PML-N President Nawaz Sharif has asked the party workers to finalise preparations for the long march. According to sources, the opposition party is launching the long march to put pressure on Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani to resign after his conviction by the Supreme Court (SC) for flouting orders on writing letter to Swiss authorities for reopening corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari. The party has already started the campaign against the PM and his government.
The important meeting of the PML-N leadership would be attended by Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, and other senior party leaders.
According to the new plan, countrywide protests against the government would be held. Sources said the PML-N would also lodge a high-intensity protest during the budget session in the National Assembly, and the PML-N chief had given the task to Chaudhry Nisar and Senator Ishaq Dar to take other opposition parties into confidence for the protest strategies against the government.
Earlier today, the PML-N took out rallies against the government in Khairpur and Dadu. PML-N Sindh President Ghaus Ali Shah led the rally in Khairpur. Addressing the anti-government rally, Shah said that the government had pushed the country towards devastation; but, the conscious masses were out on roads against the rulers. He said the central leadership of the party would decide about the date of the march. Meantime, PML-N leader Liaquat Jatoi spearheaded the rally in Dadu. A considerable number of women also participated in the rally.
PML-N decides to launch long march
