Lahore: Pakistan Muslim League (PML) senior central leader and former Deputy Prime Minister Ch Parvez Elahi has said that Inqilab March has started, we have come out on the Independence Day to make Quaid-i-Azam’s Pakistan as visualized and dreamed by Allama Iqbal, it was the duty of every patriotic Pakistani to join our march for prosperity and progress.
He said this while addressing large number of party leaders and workers at his residence and participants of the march on the way and talking to the media here today. Thousands of workers, on board hundreds of vehicles and carrying PML flags, were marching under his leadership and chanting enthusiastic slogans.
Ch Parvez Elahi said that we have started the march for improving the lot of the poor, workers, peasants and common man which would, Insha-Allah, be victorious and successful in achieving its great objective. Expressing gratitude to Almighty Allah, he said first all came on board and now all were on the road. He said on the way from Lahore top Islamabad, large number of people would be joining our march from every city, town and village because they were fed up with every day increasing dearness of essential and other articles, unemployment, lawlessness and increase in the crime and indifferent attitude of the govt towards their increasing problems and they wanted to change their lot and become prosperous, they should get cheap electricity and gas 24 hours, have maximum employment opportunities, their life and property should be protected. He said we pledge and promise that we want such change for the poor and the common man which would brighten his and Pakistan’s future and everyone should have health, education and employment facilities without any discrimination, his honour should be safe.
In response to a question about problems and difficulties of the participants of the march, Ch Parvez Elahi said ours and our colleagues and workers morale were very high and they remember the saying of the Founder of Pakistan that problems and difficulties give living nations greater heights.
Ch Parvez Elahi said further we would not return till resignation of Nawaz Sharif, registration of murder case of 14 innocent people in Model Town tragedy and registration of case against Shahbaz Sharif and others responsible because the people could not have prosperity till these rulers depart, we had raised the slogan of revolution (Inqilab) for the prosperity of the people and giving all that to the poor and the common man for which our forefathers had offered sacrifices in 1947.
In the march, Ch Parvez Elahi is accompanied by Senator Kamil Ali Agha, MNA Tariq Bashir Cheema, Ch Zaheeruddin Khan, Shaafi Hussain, Haleem Adil Shaikh, Sardar Talib Nakai Dr Azeemuddin Zahid Lakhvi, Waqas Hassan Mokal, Babu Sarwar Seyal, Agha Rafiullah, Zulfiqar Pappan, Shah Zaib Shah, Khurrum Munawwar Manj, Shahid Manzur Gill and other leaders.