On Monday, PTI lawmakers took objection to the speech delivered by Mahmood Khan Achakzai, whose Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party is part of the 11-party anti-government movement, a day earlier at the PDM rally in Karachi. The act of contemplating the Urdu language is in violation of the Constitution and the objective is to divide people, opined Taj. He further asked why the opposition parties were quiet when a province is demanded for the people of urban Sindh, adding that neither the guests nor the hosts of the PDM rally were from Karachi. The people of this land [Pashtun, Baloch, Sindhi, Seraiki, Punjabi] have lived here for centuries,” he said. “I mean this in the softest manner...but the people of this country - Pashtun, Baloch, Sindhi, Seraiki etc - are not willing to live as second-class citizens.

Source: The Express Tribune October 20, 2020 04:41 UTC