Raja Zafarul Haq, the All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) Joint Action Committee convener, announced en bloc resignations from the assemblies on September 29 and nationwide demonstrations from September 30 to protest President General Pervez MusharrafÂ’s re-election, after an emergency APDM meeting on Friday.
| I believe the APDM is son of the ARD (Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy), which was pretty much the MMA with the PML-N and occasionally pieces of the PPP. |
Haq said legislators would hand in resignations to their respective speakers on September 26. He said the APDM would launch protests against the recent changes in the presidential election rules. The APDM also denounced “threats” of martial law and emergency in case the Supreme Court blocked the president’s re-election. The APDM held protests throughout the country on Friday against their issues with the government and Nawaz Sharif’s deportation, which were low in attendance and all but fizzled out.
| Apparently the voters aren't as fired up as the big turbans are. |
Islamabad was the strongest venue, where around 1,000 protesters showed up and demonstrated outside the Supreme Court, Reuters reported. Around 400 protesters showed up and demonstrated in Multan, and several were arrested in Karachi, where around 300 people demonstrated. There were small protests in Peshawar as well. |