LAHORE – President Pakistan Democratic\u00a0Alliance\u00a0(PDM) Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Sunday said that PDM workers and leaders will show up during Maryam Nawaz\u2019s appearance in NAB on March 26 in a show of solidarity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe reasons cited by NAB for cancellation of Maryam\u2019s bail clearly show that it is a puppet institution,\u201d he said while talking to the media along with PML-N vice-president Maryam Nawaz Sharif. Earlier, the PDM chief had a meeting with Maryam Nawaz, Hamza Shahbaz Sharif, Rana Sanaullah and other PML-N leaders at Raiwind on Sunday afternoon to discuss the future strategy of the 10-party alliance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
While criticising NAB for its move to get the bail of Maryam Nawaz cancelled, he said that this institution had the mandate to combat corruption but not to play subservient to other institutions. He also called it a \u201cpuppet institution. Pledging that the PDM workers and leaders will be there when Maryam Nawaz appears before the NAB, Fazlur Rehman said they would not be in \u2018hundreds\u2019 but \u2018thousands\u2019 in number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said JUI-F workers will also be part of the gathering. About the leaders who would be present on the occasion, he said the matter would be decided later on. \u201cBut it is final that we will be standing shoulder-to-shoulder with her\u201d, he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Asked if the rest of nine parties in the PDM will consider addressing the reservations of the PPP, Fazlur Rehman said that the PPP was a big party and even a small party within the alliance had any reservations the alliance would have be considered its point of view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Replying to a question about the possibility of a long march without the PPP, Maryam Nawaz said that although the JUI-F and the PML-N were capable of leading the long march on their own, it would be better if all the parties represent the people together. \u201cWe have held big public gatherings before in our constituencies\u201d, she said. \u00a0Maulana added: \u201cThe long march \u201cwill InshaAllah take place\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Asked will the government not get strengthened over the split in the PDM, she said that its fate was not linked with the PDM. \u201cWe are trying to keep the alliance intact, but the government\u2019s fate will be determined by its performance. She said that irrespective of the PDM\u2019s struggle, Imran Khan will have to answer for his government\u2019s incompetence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
She said PDM will fully represent and safeguard the interests of the people. To a question about differences with Hamza Shehbaz, she rejected such reporters as \u201cshameful lies\u201d reported by some news channels. She said Hamza Shehbaz had participated in the luncheon meeting hosted in honor of Fazlur Rehman and had to leave to meet the doctor who is treating her daughter for her heart condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In response to a question about a consensus candidate in NA-249, the PML-N vice president said that the talks were underway between the PPP and the PML-N in this regard. \u201cWe will let you know when a decision is reached\u201d, she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Responding to a question about differences with the PPP over nomination of leader of the Opposition in the Senate, she said the slot would go to the PML-N as a \u201cprincipled decision\u201d had already been reached from the PDM platform. Maryam explained that all component parties of the PDM had agreed that they would vote for PPP\u2019s Yousuf Raza Gilani for the slot of Senate chairman and JUI-F\u2019s Abdul Ghafoor Haideri for the deputy chairman, while the office of opposition leader would be given to the PML-N.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maryam further stated that PDM had not taken any such decision that if they lost the election of chairman Senate, the decision about the slot of opposition leader will be reconsidered. \u201cA principled decision has been taken and I hope that all parties will abide by it.\u201d she maintained.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LAHORE – President Pakistan Democratic\u00a0Alliance\u00a0(PDM) Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Sunday said that PDM workers and leaders will show up during Maryam Nawaz\u2019s appearance in NAB on March 26 in a show of solidarity. \u201cThe reasons cited by NAB for cancellation of Maryam\u2019s bail clearly show […]<\/p>\n
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