Shehbaz Sharif urges people to join anti-inflation march

In a video message, the leader of the Opposition urged the masses to join the “Mehngai Mukao March” to get rid of Prime Minister Imran Khan-led government.

The leader of opposition maintained that his brother Nawaz Sharif in an “important message” had stated that inflation, poverty and corruption had all peaked under the current PTI government, reports The Express Tribune.

Shehbaz urged the nation to take a stand and come to the anti-inflation march so that the “corrupt and looting” government could be overthrown through “constitutional and political means” and the 220 million people of Pakistan could be “saved”, the report added.

A day earlier, PML-N's “Mehngai Mukao March” kick-started from Lahore. PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz said that the government had "already been ousted" and the Opposition was heading to Islamabad to say "goodbye" to PM Imran Khan.

The marchers will reach Rawalpindi on March 28. Meanwhile, JUI-F President Maulana Fazlur Rehman, who is also the chief of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), on Saturday warned the government against posing any threat to the opposition parties, saying that they will give a befitting response, reports Geo News.

"We are not wearing bangles," Fazl said on Saturday while announcing that the participants of his party's long march would stay in the federal capital for two to three days after reaching there on Saturday.

(With UNI inputs)