PDM postpones meeting till Oct 18

The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) has postponed it's meeting, which was scheduled to be held on Monday, till October 18, a news outlet reported.

The alliance, in a meeting chaired by Maulana Fazlur Rehman, decided to postpone the meeting due to the demise of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Lahore President and Member National Assembly Pervez Malik and Pakistan's nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan.

The meeting was attended by former premier Nawaz Sharif and Leader of the Opposition in National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif via video link, Aftab Sherpao, Hafiz Hamdullah, Owais Noorani and other leaders.

The leaders of alliance offered their condolences on the demise of the PML-N leader and Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan.

However, the PDM will hold a public gathering in Faisalabad on October 16 as per schedule.