We will not allow Parliament to function until the amendment is withdrawn, says Achakzai at a press conference
Leaders of Tehreek Tahaffuz-e-Aeen-e-Pakistan Mehmood Khan Achakzai, Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar and Allama Raja Nasir Abbas address a press conference at the National Press Club in Islamabad on Sunday. SCREENGRAB
The opposition alliance Tehreek Tahaffuz-e-Ain-e-Pakistan announced a nationwide protest movement against the proposed 27th Constitutional Amendment, declaring that it would not allow Parliament to function until the amendment is withdrawn.
Speaking at a joint press conference in Islamabad, the nominated Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly, Mehmood Khan Achakzai, declared the amendment an attack on the Constitution, calling it Pakistan’s own 9/11. “On a holiday, an attack was launched on the Constitution — an attack on the very foundations of Pakistan. This is our own 9/11.”
He claimed that “a group of illegitimate rulers has seized power in Pakistan without elections.” “We are patriots who love this country.
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