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Summary DPC leadership has reached Rawalpindi to review strategy of sit-in to be held on Monday.
Despite being banned in Islamabad, Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed and Ahle Sunnat wal Jamat (ASWJ) chief Maulana Ahmed Ludhianvi reached Rawalpindi on Sunday to participate in the meeting of parties heads.Other party leaders including Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-S) chief Maulana Samiul Haq, JUI-Functional chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman and Jamaat e Islami (JI) Secretary General Liaqat Baloch also reached Rawalpindi to participate in the rally.Maulana Samiul Haq, while addressing the press conference, rebuked the Pakistan Army and said that the Army had claimed that it will bring down the American drones, but still have not done anything yet, thus compelling the DPC to stand up for the cause.The party leader also took up Dr Aafia Siddiqui’s case during his briefing and said that their ‘innocent sister’ is being ‘shamefully treated’.The leaders, in a meeting today, will also review the arrangements and the strategy for the sit-in on Monday in Islamabad.They will also look into the matter of the ban on three Difa-e-Pakistan Council (DPC) leaders in Islamabad for seven days, confirmed the ASWJ spokesman, and added that the meeting will be chaired by DPC chairman Samiul Haq.The spokesperson said that the DPC will formally announce the change in venue of the sit-in.It was earlier supposed to be in front of the parliament, but now it will be held at the Aabpara Chowk in Islamabad, he said.
