It’s time to send ‘puppet govt’ packing, Bilawal tells PPP marchers in Islamabad

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has said that it is time for the masses to send packing to the puppet government “From day one, we have been putting our stance forth that this prime minister [Imran Khan] is selected, not elected,” he told participants while addressing a rally at Islamabad’s D-Chowk Tuesday evening to oust the premier from power. The Bhutto family scion went on to say that it is time for all political parties to oust the prime minister through collective efforts. He claimed that the masses no longer have faith in PM Imran and reiterated his party’s oft-quoted stance that democracy is the best revenge. لائیو: چیئرمین پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی بلاول بھٹو زرداری کی قیادت میں عوامی مارچ ڈی چوک اسلام آباد پہنچ گیا۔#GameOverIK#AwamiMarch https://t.co/Rtu53GpkcR — PPP (@MediaCellPPP) March 8, 2022 Bilawal had launched his party’s march on February 27 from Karachi, as he addressed a large and charged crowd next to Mazar-e-Quaid, pushing forward the slogan of “Go Selected Go”. Last week, he entered Punjab and addressed rallies in Gujrat to Lala Musa to Jhelum. This morning, the march entered Islamabad and finally reached Faizabad Interchange. روکاوٹیں عبور کرتا ہوا پاکستان پیپلز پارٹی کا عوامی مارچ کا کارواں ڈی چوک کی جانب رواں دواں@BBhuttoZardari #GameOverIK#AwamiMarch pic.twitter.com/nnedPmmWN7 — PPP (@MediaCellPPP) March 8, 2022 According to the PPP official Twitter handle, the administration had reportedly put barricades at the federal capital's Faizabad, which were later removed as more rallies of the party reached the chowk and the leadership refused to move further until the way was clear. کٹھ پتلی کی ایک نہ چلی، فیض آباد پر دھرنے کے اعلان سے گھبرا کر کٹھ پتلی نے تمام تر روکاوٹیں ہٹادیں۔@BBhuttoZardari #GameOverIK#AwamiMarch pic.twitter.com/iZr6tBs6lv — PPP (@MediaCellPPP) March 8, 2022 Furthermore, a PML-N delegation led by the party's senior leaders Ahsan Iqbal and spokesperson Marriyum Aurangzeb has also reached the rally's venue. Earlier, the opposition party had staged a sit-in at Faizabad Interchange, with leaders announcing that the Awami Long March would only move further once obstacles “created in the way are removed”. The anti-government rally will only progress once the way is clear. The party showed a mammoth rally organised in Rawalpindi, the PPP media cell said on the microblogging site. پاکستان پیپلزپارٹی کے عوامی مارچ کا مرکزی کنٹینر تمام رکاوٹیں ہٹنے تک فیض آباد پر رک گیا جب تک کاروان جمہوریت کے راستوں کی بندش نہیں ہٹائی جاتی، قافلہ فیض آباد سے آگے نہیں بڑھے گا، پی پی پی کا فیصلہ#AwamiMarch #GameOverIK — PPP (@MediaCellPPP) March 8, 2022 While addressing participants of the rally in Rawalpindi, Bilawal claimed barricades were erected to stop the party’s workers from marching onto the federal capital’s streets to reach D-Chowk as part of its Awami March against the PTI government. He also said people from all provinces are part of the movement against the incumbent government. “We have to reach our destination and for that, we invite the people of Rawalpindi to join us and aid in the democratic effort.” Also read: Imran’s days are numbered, no rhetoric can save him now: opposition According to the PPP chief, the opposition will use the democratic weapon to remove an undemocratic person from power. He further said that the alliance will utilise the power of the masses to oust “an incapable person from the helm”. Bilawal told the participants that the victory envisaged by the alliance isn’t far and that the sun of democracy will rise soon. Before concluding his address, the PPP chairman said that he is now aiming to reach D-Chowk to progress further with the agenda of the march. According to the PPP’s media cell, workers of the party already present in Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan have already blocked the roads. اسلام آباد میں پہلے سے موجود آزاد کشمیر اور گلگت بلتستان کے جیالوں نے راستے مکمل بلاک کردئیے — PPP (@MediaCellPPP) March 8, 2022 Meanwhile, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) and Pakistan Muslims League-Nawaz (PML-N) have agreed to join the PPP’s rally against the ruling regime. Also read: Bilawal doubts no-trust move’s success A day earlier, Bilawal gave Prime Minister Imran Khan 24 hours to resign and dissolve the National Assembly so that fresh general elections could be held. He was also quoted as saying that the Awami March was coming to the capital to make the premier “jobless”, and that latter was so frustrated by the success of the long march of jiyalas that he was using abusive language and hurling threats. However, in his recent reaction to the opposition's agitation, PM had made it clear that he would come down hard on the opposition parties if their no-trust move proved to be futile. According to the premier, the opposition leaders had united for the move and had been planning to oust his government to evade the ongoing accountability.

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