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The Islamabad district administration on Monday refused to give permission to both the federal government and the opposition to hold political rallies in the capital’s Red Zone on March 27 in the wake of no-trust move against the prime minister.
As per sources, the administration has given permission to the ruling PTI to organise its rally at Parade Ground and asked the opposition parties to use Sector H-9 as their venue for theirs, Express News reported.
The ICT administration is of the opinion that since both the government and the opposition were seeking the same venue, there was a possibility of a clash between the participants. It also said that holding rallies in the Red Zone would also create security concerns.
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The ruling party has now requested the deputy commissioner to allow its rally to take place at the Parade Ground in Islamabad.
Earlier, the PTI had announced that it would hold a “massive power show” at Islamabad’s D-Chowk on March 27 and pull out one million people to the streets to “express confidence in their leader [PM Imran Khan]”.
The ruling party is expected to give a plan of action on opposition’s no-confidence motion, which it believes would fail.
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Ali Nawaz Awan, tweeted that the premier had assigned them the task of gathering one million PTI activists and supporters for the party’s ‘grand power show’.
“The prime minister, as always, is determined to overcome this crisis,” he added.
To counter government’s move, the anti-government alliance – Pakistan Democratic Movement – as well as other opposition parties had announced a joint public meeting at the Constitution Avenue in Islamabad on March 23 for which the Pakistan Peoples Party and the Awami National Party have also been invited.
The date was later changed to March 25 owing to OIC conference and Pakistan Day Parade in the federal capital.