GUJRAT: The long march led by chief of the Tehrik-i-Minhajul Quran (TMQ), Allama Dr Tahirul Qadri, which began a day earlier from Lahore resumed on Monday morning after a stop over at Lalamusa in Kharian tehsil en route to Islamabad, DawnNews reported.
The break was taken for a short-rest and breakfast and to offer morning prayers following which the march resumed proceeding towards Islamabad.
The TMQ chief addressed participants and media persons before the resumption of the march.
Reports were received of the first batch of the march participants arriving at Islamabad.
Officials of the Punjab government gave a headcount of 13,000 people at the beginning of the march in its report sent to the federal government. Private news channels reported the number of participants as 21,000 on Monday before the resumption of the march.
DawnNews quoted a participant as saying that they were not deterred by the obstacles they had to face or by the cold weather and that their morale was high.
Earlier on Sunday, the long march departed from Lahore’s Model Town at 1.50pm, around five hours after the announced schedule.
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