ISLAMABAD, May 15 (EW): With the government and the law-enforcement agencies showing a lenient view towards the activists from the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) parties, the latter entered Islamabad’s Red Zone on Monday despite imposition of Section 144 in the federal capital.
A large number of PDM workers entered Islamabad’s Red Zone by foot as well as in Trucks as the capital police failed to stop them to enter the Red Zone. PDM has announced a sit-in outside Supreme Court in Islamabad today, but there are reports that Maulana Fazlur Rehman has agreed to stage the sit-in at D-chowk.
Despite the imposition of section 144 in the federal capital, the PDM leadership gave a sit-in call against top judiciary for giving ‘extraordinary relief’ to PTI chief Imran Khan in several cases. The rallies of the ruling alliance workers parties including Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) are on their way to participate in the protest.
A day earlier, Federal Ministers Ishaq Dar and Rana Sanaullah met Maulana Fazlur Rehman and asked him not to stage a protest outside the Supreme Court. However, the JUI-F chief rejected the federal government’s request to change the venue.
