Shehbaz urges nation to join anti-inflation march to 'save Pakistan'

PML-N chief says 'corruption, poverty, cruelty, inflation' all peaked during PTI govt

LAHORE:

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday appealed to the populace to participate in the PML-N’s anti-inflation march on Monday to "save the future of Pakistan" by ending the incumbent Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf’s (PTI) government.

According to Shehbaz - who also serves as Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly – his brother Nawaz Sharif in an “important message” had stated that inflation, poverty and corruption had all peaked under the current PTI government.

“Cruelty towards the common man is another truth,” he said.

Shehbaz urged the nation to take a stand and come to the anti-inflation march so that the “corrupt and looting” government could be overthrown through “constitutional and political means” and the 220 million people of Pakistan could be “saved”.

With voting on a no-confidence motion being delayed, the PML-N on Wednesday changed the date of its Islamabad-bound anti-inflation march, which was scheduled to start on the 24th of this month, to March 26.

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The marchers will reach Rawalpindi on March 28.

According to a circular issued by the PML-N, the marchers would use GT Road to travel to Islamabad. They would make stops in Gujranwala and Jhelum before reaching Pindi on March 28.

Meanwhile, the federal capital is braced for two back-to-back rallies from harsh political rivals on Sunday and Monday, increasing the already feverish political temperature in the country in the wake of the no-confidence motion filed against Prime Minister Imran Khan by the joint opposition.

Charged workers from either side of the divide in far-off areas had already started their journey towards Islamabad in the shape of caravans, chanting slogans in favour of their respective parties and leaders and carrying placards and flags to show their political loyalties.