Islamabad,Exactly a
year after the historic general elections, a majority of Pakistan's opposition
parties sans the PPP will hold a massive rally here on May 11 against the
Nawaz
Sharif government over the issue of alleged rigging and corruption.
Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Pervez
Musharraf's All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) and Canada-based cleric
Tahir-ul-Qadri's Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) will be protesting over what they
call was alleged "rigging" in the last year polls that catapulted the
PML-N to power. However, the ruling party feels that such
protest will only hamper the fledgling democracy in the country.
The protest campaign comes amid uneasiness in
civil-military relations and an ongoing battle between the powerful security
establishment and Geo TV, the leading media group in Pakistan, after the
assassination attempt on its leading anchor Hamid Mir. Cricketer-turned-politician Khan has said that
the May 11 protest is "for the future of Pakistan and for strengthening
democracy by seeking to ensure fair, free and transparent elections". Musharraf's party has termed the May 11 polls as
"fraudulent".
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