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.
This is a developing story and is being updated with further details.
