September 3 rallies: PTI, PAT to participate in each other’s protests

Qadri reiterated Punjab had turned into a massive ‘nursery’ where terrorists and extremists are trained and nourished

LAHORE: Pledging to unite all opposition parties around the slogan of ‘Go Nawaz Go’, the Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) have announced to participate in each other’s protests in Rawalpindi and Lahore on Saturday.

“Nation should observe September 3 as protest day. All opposition parties will be invited to attend PAT and PTI protests,” PAT chief Dr Tahirul Qadri told media on Wednesday.

The joint press briefing held at the PAT Secretariat in Model Town was also attended by PTI’s Jehangir Tareen and Awami Muslim League’s (AML) Sheikh Rashid Ahmad. Qadri said the Sharif family was a risk to Pakistan’s sovereignty as some 300-400 Indian spies were working in mills owned by Sharifs.

Qadri reiterated that Punjab had turned into a massive ‘nursery’ where terrorists and extremists are trained and nourished.

Addressing the media, Tareen said the PTI will go to each and every anti-government party and invite them to attend the September 3 rallies in Lahore and Rawalpindi.  He said the PTI is in contact with all other parties, including the Pakistan Peoples Party.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 1^st, 2016.