GUJRANWALA: City Traffic Police have issued a traffic plan ahead of the Pakistan Democratic Movement’s (PDM) public gathering scheduled to be held tomorrow on October 16.
According to the plan, party activists coming from Lahore will park their vehicles in Satelite town. The participants of the public gathering will have to reach the venue on foot from Kacheri road.
Participants coming via GT Road have been instructed to park their vehicles at the Government Higher Secondary School ground and reach the venue via Nandipur Adda.
Those coming from Sialkot will park their vehicles at the Dastagir Chowk ground, while those coming from Wazirabad have to leave their vehicle the General Bus Stand parking.
The PDM has formally been given permission to hold a political gathering in the Jinnah Stadium. The permission was given after the Gujranwala District Administration and the PDM reached a 28-point agreement.
The agreement states that all coronavirus SOPs will be strictly implemented and that attendees will not enter the venue without masks and sanitisers.
The organisers will also have to install walk-through gates at the entrance and exit gates of the venue. Cars will be allowed to be parked at a distance from the venue. The seating arrangements will have to be such that there is a 3-6 feet distance between the attendees at all times.
The PDM will arrange lighting at the venue and ensure there is no display of weapons or fireworks at the venue. The PDM has also been told that none of its leaders can make speeches at any place other than Jinnah Stadium and there will be no camps at GT Road.
The two parties have also agreed that there will be no wall-chalking or graffiti in relation and party banners will be put up after securing permission from relevant departments.
The district administration has also secured guarantees that the speeches being made will not target any national security institutions or make any statements that may conflict with the Constitution.
In case of the violation of the agreement, the district administration will be entitled to take appropriate action and register cases against the PDM leaders.
