QUETTA, Aug 21: Leaders of the All-Parties Democratic Movement have started arriving here for the public meeting to be held here on Wednesday. They were warmly received at the airport by the local APDM leadership.

The leaders who arrived on Tuesday included Raja Zafrul Haq of the PML-N who is convener of the APDM, leader of opposition in the National Assembly Maulana Fazlur Rehman, ANP chief Asfandyar Wali Khan, Amir of Jamiat Al-Hadith Senator Sajid Mir, Munawar Hassan, secretary general of Jamaat-i-Islami, and JUP (Noorani), secretary general Dr Zubair.

The meeting will also be addressed by Mahmood Khan Achakzai, chief of PMAP; Dr Hayee Baloch, president of National Party; Imran Khan, chairman of Tehrik-i-Insaf; Dr Jehanzeb Jamaldani, acting president of BNP-M; Rasool Bakhsh Palejo, chief of Awami Tehrik; and Dr Qadir Magsi, president of the Sindh Progressive Democratic Party.

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