PAT extends support to Imran’s Islamabad sit-in

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) Chief Tahirul Qadri has extended his party’s support to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) sit-in in Islamabad after Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed mediated in ending deadlock between the heads of two parties.

According to Geo News, PTI Chief Imran Khan on Monday telephoned Tahirul Qadri and requested him to extend his support for Islamabad Dharna.

The two leaders reached an 'accord' in which Qadri agreed to extend his support to PTI for November 02 sit-in.

Sources told Geo News that Qadri was earlier displeased with Khan and had informed Sheikh Rasheed of it. The PAT chief reportedly laid the condition for Imran to himself approach him, if the latter wanted his support.

The AML chief reportedly mediated in ending the deadlock and rekindling the lost affection between the two sides.

PTI has given a call for a massive protest in Islamabad, in a showdown aimed at forcing PM Nawaz to step down and present himself for accountability in the wake of Panama Papers disclosures.

Imran Khan on Monday claimed that one million protesters will march against the government in the federal capital on November 2.

“You have only two options left; either quit the office or accept the Terms of References (ToRs) that were accepted not only by the PTI but the entire opposition,” he asked the prime minister while talking to media.

Commenting on reports that the government may try to stop the protesters, he said it was not possible for the rulers to arrest one million people who will come to the capital on November 2.

“No police can arrest 1 million people, and they won’t have space in jails to imprison them,” he said.