Difa-e-Pakistan Council(DPC) long march began from Lahore to Islamabad on Sunday against the resumption of Nato supplies. A meeting of DPC leaders was followed by a press conference by Council's chairman Maulana Samiul Haq.
Urging all sections of society to join them in their protest, the Maulana said that people living near Nato routes should also come out on to the roads to join the protest.
The protest march is joined by Sheikh Rasheed, Ijazul Haq, Syed Munawar Hassan and others.
Leaders of various religious groups said that the march would be peaceful and the government should assist them for the "sake of democracy".
Maulana Samiul Haq further said that the DPC had no political aims.
Criticising the government, a DPC leader urged the government to divert traffic from the GT Road to the Motorway.
Meanwhile, Jamatud Dawa leader Hafiz Saeed slammed government for allowing containers to carry supplies for Nato troops fighting in Afghanistan. He averred that this act would never be in the interests of the country and Islam.
Jamaat-e-Islami's Amir Syed Munawar Hassan criticised the government for its policies and said that the council would do everything in its power to strengthen the country.
Protesting columns of DPC would pass through Mauridke and Gujranwala on to Islamabad where they are expected to arrive on Monday.
From the beginning of the day, a large number of people in their own vehicles joined the protest march.
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