PPP, PTI face off in Karachi for May 12 rally

Opposition parties PPP and PTI are at odds over their plan to hold a public meeting in Karachi on the same date and at the same venue. Both the parties announced that they would hold a rally at Hakim Said Ground on May 12. PTI has already set up a camp at the ground to make arrangements for the rally. On the other hand, a PPP delegation led by Senator Saeed Ghani visited the venue on Monday.“Our rally will be held at Hakim Saeed Ground on May 12 at any cost,” Khurram Sher Zaman, a PTI lawmaker, told media. PPP’s Saeed Ghani said that his party had submitted a formal request at Deputy Commissioner office on May 3. According to Deputy Commissioner East, PTI is yet to apply for its rally. After the huge power show at Tanki Ground, Liaquatabad – a traditionally Muttahida Qaumi Movement stronghold – on April 29, the PPP is now preparing for its second such meeting to be addressed by party chief Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on May 12. The president of PPP’s District East chapter has already sent a letter to the deputy commissioner east to obtain permission to hold the gathering.The letter dated May 4 names the Hakim Mohammad Said playground, located between Federal Urdu University and Masjid Baitul Mukarram on main University Road, as the proposed venue for the public meeting.According to the letter, PPP chief Bilawal, Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah and other senior leaders of the party will address the gathering. 

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