JUI-F leader assails Sindh govt as he announces new date of PDM rally

The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), an opposition alliance, would now organise its anti-government rally in Karachi on August 13, instead of July 29.

Maulana Rashid Soomro, the Sindh secretary general of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), one of the constituent parties of the PDM, announced the change in the rally’s schedule in a statement issued on Saturday.

He said the date was changed after a detailed consultation among leaders of the PDM’s component parties.

He added that the PDM’s rally in Karachi would not only be against the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s federal government but also the Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) Sindh government.

Soomro said the event would prove to be a public referendum against the incompetent rulers of Sindh along with the federal government. “Due to the incompetence of the Sindh government, the province is becoming a hub of problems,” he said.

“The Karachi rally will be the beginning of a movement against the sellers of islands and lands in Sindh,” Soomro remarked.

He maintained that the condition of hospitals in Sindh was worse than hospitals of a war-torn country. “From Tharparkar to Kashmore and from Karachi to Jacobabad, poverty, unemployment, and unrest are on the rise,” he said.

The JUI-F leader was of the view that the PPP's hometown of Larkana was turning into ruins of Mohen-jo-Daro, and due to apathy of the provincial government, the incidence of theft had increased in the province.

He said all the issues of Sindh would be highlighted in the Karachi rally on August 13 and a new movement would be launched in the province.