PML-N to take part in Azadi March, indecisive about participation in sit-in

LAHORE (92 News) – The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has decided to participate in Azadi March; however, it is indecisive about participation in the sit-in. The decision was made during a meeting on Tuesday. However, PML-N president announce the participation in a joint press conference with JUI-F chief Maulana Fazalur Rahman on Wednesday. Talking to the media, PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal said that Nawaz Sharif had ordered to participate in Azadi March and its modus operandi was yet to be decided. Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif had again summoned a party session to discuss about the party's participation in Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-F’s (JUI-F) Azadi March. Earlier, the meeting between the PML-N delegation and the JUI-F chief could not make key progress. It said that the PML-N cannot clarify the strategy about where the workers will join anti-government protest Azadi March of Maulana Fazlur Rehman. Many issues related to the protest in Islamabad will also be consulted again and Fazalur Rehman Maulana also did not seem happy with the reply of the PML-N. The PML-N was also not happy on 500 volunteers instead of 5,000 by call of the JUI-F chief. A delegation of PML-N handed Fazlur Rehman a letter of former prime minister and PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif. In the letter, Nawaz Sharif has reiterated his support to the JUI-F chief for Azadi March. Nawaz also told the PML-N to ensure the success of Azadi March. Nawaz requested Rehman, who has called on all parties to join him in the march, to release a “comprehensive programme” regarding the march.