LAHORE: A summit meeting was held under the chairmanship of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam and PDM chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman in which decisions were taken regarding resignation from assemblies and long march.
Talking to media after the meeting, Maulana Fazlur Rehman said that members of National and Provincial Assemblies would hand over their resignations to their party leaders by December 31.
He said that it was necessary to make it clear that the government should resign by January 31. If the government did not resign, the date of the long march would be announced on February 1.
“We are not ready to talk to them. If any proposal comes after the resignations and the announcement of the dissolution of the assembly, the PDM will decide,” he said.
Fazlur Rehman said that the schedule given by the steering committee to the provinces for the long march would be maintained so the people should start the preparations for the long march from today and the officials would monitor the preparations for the long march.
He said that political parties have their own manifesto and contest elections on the same basis. Lahore: We will not harm democracy, this government does not have the capacity to defend Pakistan.