The Tehreek-e-Tahafuz Ayeen-e-Pakistan (TTAP) on Saturday declared a nationwide protest campaign, starting November 9, in response to the government’s tabling of the 27th Constitutional Amendment.
“Democratic institutions have been paralysed in Pakistan… the nation must step up against the [proposed] 27th Amendment,” Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (MWM) chief Allama Raja Nasir Abbas said in a statement.
Abbas stated that the government was giving “even more power” to the “powerful” through the proposed constitutional tweaks.
Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) Chief Mahmood Khan Achakzai said that the nationwide movement would begin from tomorrow (Sunday) night.
“From tomorrow night, our slogan will be ‘Long live democracy, down with dictatorship.’ Our third slogan will call for the release of [political] prisoners,” he said.
Through this movement, the alliance will show that the will of the people of Pakistan will be the final decision, he added.
Emphasising the Constitution’s importance for both the state and its citizens, Achakzai said the TTAP would ensure that it remains supreme.
The PkMAP chief said that the opposition alliance had no choice but to launch a protest movement following the government’s move, which, according to him, was “shaking the foundations of the Constitution”.
This is a developing story and is being updated with further details.
