QUETTA: Several convoys of the Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) and other opposition parties left Balochistan for Islamabad on Sunday to take part in Azadi march.

Thousands of workers and supporters of the JUI-F, Pakistan Peoples Party, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, Awami National Party, Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party, National Party and Ahle Hadith along with their leaders gathered in the Balili area, some 15km off Quetta on main Quetta-Chaman Highway.

Led by Maulana Abdul Wasey of the JUI-F, Ali Madad Jattak (PPP), Asghar Khan Achakzai (ANP) Abdul Khaliq Baloch (NP), Usman Khan Kakar, Qahar Wadan and Nasarullah Khan Zerey of the PkMAP, they were carrying flags of their parties, placards and banners inscribed with anti-government slogans.

They will reach Islamabad via Dera Ghazi Khan, Multan, Lahore and other towns and cities of Punjab.

A well-decorated container having an air-conditioning system, refrigerator and kitchen has been brought from Japan for Balochistan JUI-F chief Maulana Abdul Wasay.

Leaders from Dera Murad Jamali, Khuzdar, Wadh, Sibi, Kalat, Mastung, Harnai, Duki, Zhob, Nushki, Dalbandin, Turbat, Panjgur, Gwadar and other towns of Balochistan also joined the march.

Published in Dawn, October 28th, 2019