APDM vows rousing welcome
Staff Report

ISLAMABAD—The Chairman of the Joint Action Committee of APDM (All Parties Democratic Movement), Raja Zafar-Ul-Haq has said that Mian Nawaz Sharif would be accorded a rousing welcome from the platform of APDM, upon his arrival in Pakistan on 10th Sep.
Talking to journalists at his residence after a meeting of joint action committee of APDM, he cautioned government to refrain from creating hurdles in the return process of Mian Nawaz Sharif, which had been sanctioned by the Supreme Court in its verdict. He said that Mian Nawaz Sharif would be accorded a warm welcome form his party, with the executives arriving there jointly, while masses would congregate at the airport, from their respective constituencies.
He also announced that in the next hearing of Qazi Hussain Ahmad’s petition against President Musharraf, APDM would also be present, and lauded lawyers’ community for presenting a glowing example of solidarity, and awareness for APDM who would fully cooperate with them in support of their agenda. He warned the government to desist from reducing the service term of CJ, otherwise it would have to suffer full wrath of masses, since CJ Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry was a National hero for masses.
He strongly deplored the government’s arrest of more than 1000 PML (N) activists, citing the action as a sure sign of desperation of government, which would fail to ebb the tide of masses. Citing the verdict of the Apex court, he said that there was no reason whatsoever that Mian Sahib should not return to his country with aplomb, and government should refrain from using hollow threats of arrests to scare him. The All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) announced Friday it would welcome the Sharif brothers on their arrival onSeptember 10 at the Islamabad International Airport.
Addressing a news conference here after a meeting of the Joint ActionCommittee of the 32-party alliance, PML-N Chairman Raja Zafar-ul-Haq said that APDM leaders and workers from all over the country would converge around the Islamabad Airport.