Leader of the opposition in the Punjab Assembly Mian Mahmoodur Rashid has said that backdoor contacts are just disinformation and whatever the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leadership takes, including resignations, they will abide by all the decisions of Imran Khan. He was talking to media persons, here on Saturday after a meeting that was held to review the preparations for the Azadi march.
He said the workers should not listen to disinformation being spread by the ruling party and should whole-heartedly prepare for the Independence March. "The Prime Minister, the Punjab Chief Minister and other ministers are afraid of the PTI's Azadi march and are planning against it instead of focusing on their announced independence plan. "Imran Khan is a front-foot player and does not believe in backdoor diplomacy," he added.
According to him, at present the whole of the civil bureaucracy is busy in helping the government in suggesting ways to block the peaceful planned march of the PTI and our workers are ready to face the government and its cronies in a peaceful and political manner. No backdoor talks are or were taking place and the time for talks has ended and now whatever will happen, will now happen in D-Square in Islamabad.
"We gave the government one year to resolve our issues relating to rigging in the elections but the government paid no heed to our demands. The government should not think that jails or police brutalities will hamper our thoughts and it should also forget that it can complete five years under these circumstances. It used the justice-providing institutes in its favour and brushed aside our genuine demands. The whole of PTI and the nation are against this factious mandate that the rulers claim to have and are against this very 'corrupt elections process. ," he added.
Mian Mahoodur Rashid said by the Grace of Almighty Allah over 1 million people will follow Imran Khan's Azadi march on August 14 to demolish and dismantle this corrupt election system and corrupt government. He said the meeting also decided that the Azadi March will start after a visit and prayers at the mausoleum grave of Dr Allama Mohammad Iqbal.