Addressing a public rally at Gabol Park, Lyari this evening, Palijo declared, "We are against the MQM and its policies, not the urdu speaking people”.
Awami Tehreek chief criticized the PPP saying Rehman Malik, who had run away after leaving Benazir Bhutto behind in danger, was appointed Interior Minister. “He had also run away from Karsaz after a bomb attack on Banazir arrival rally but the people of Lyari did not leave the ground and stayed there for their leader,” Ayaz Palijo recalled. He condemned the PPP government for deploying 4,000 policemen to stop today's rally.
Lauding the services of Uzair Baloch for Lyari, the Awami Tehreek leader said Uzair Baloch is the man who protected Lyari.
Speaking on the occasion, Uzair Baloch said: "Our fight is with the enemies of Pakistan." A large number of people participated in the rally.
The Karachi administration had blocked all the routes leading to Red Zone to halt the participants of rally from marching to Governor House and Chief Minister’s House since morning.
The containers were put on the entry points.