Pakistan: PDM to hit the streets against Imran Khan government over soaring prices

 PDM has decided to launch protests across Pakistan as well as a long march towards Islamabad against the Imran Khan government`s "anti-people" measures and inflation. 

Islamabad: A multi-party opposition alliance - Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) on Saturday decided to hold country-wide anti-inflation protests against Prime Minister Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government.

According to a statement issued by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and the alliance`s Secretary-General, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, PDM has decided to launch protests across the country as well as a long march towards Islamabad against the government`s "anti-people" measures and inflation, reported Dawn.

The statement was issued after it was decided in a virtual meeting of the PDM that protest rallies would be held in all provincial capitals."A protest will be held in Karachi on November 13, followed by one in Quetta on November 17 and in Peshawar on November 20," Abbasi said, adding that the last rally would be taken out in Lahore, from where protesters would march towards the federal capital, reported Dawn.