MMA poised for train march

Published August 28, 2002

LAHORE, Aug 27: The Muttahida Majlis-i-Aml leaders are poised for a train march from Rawalpindi to Lahore on Wednesday (today) amid arrangements by the railways authorities that they will not allow anyone to break the law.

MMA Information Secretary Pir Ijaz Hashmi said on Tuesday that Maulana Shah Ahmed Noorani, Qazi Husain Ahmed, Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Maulana Samiul Haq, Prof Sajid Mir and Allama Sajid Ali Naqvi will board the Awami Express at 12.40pm for Lahore.

They will speak to people at various railway stations and inform them the changes they would bring about in the system if elected to power.

Pir Hashmi extended an invitation to ARD President Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan that he should receive the MMA leaders at the Lahore railway station. The senior leader accepted the invitation.

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