Pakistan’s major Opposition parties launched an alliance on Sunday, demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Imran Khan, PTI reported. The All Parties Conference (APC) was hosted by the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and was attended by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F), among several other parties.

PML-N supremo and country’s former PM Nawaz Sharif attended the conference through a video link from London. Sharif who staged a political comeback on Sunday said the struggle of the Opposition parties was not against Khan, but those who brought an “inefficient” man to power, referring indirectly to the country’s powerful military.

“Our struggle is not against Imran Khan. Today, our struggle is against those who installed Imran Khan and who manipulated elections (of 2018) to bring an inefficient man like him into power and thus destroyed the country,” Sharif said.

The APC on Sunday adopted a 26-point joint resolution, that was read out by JUI-F chief Maulana Fazl ur Rehman. According to it, the Opposition parties have launched an alliance named Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM). Starting from October, the PDM will launch country-wide protests against the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government.

The resolution alleged that the Khan government has been granted “fake stability by the same establishment” that interfered with the elections to bring the incumbent rulers to power.

In an obvious reference to the country’s powerful military, the resolution expressed “extreme concern” over the increasing interference of the establishment in the internal affairs of the country and regarded it as a “danger to the nation’s stability and institutions”.

According to the resolution, the protests would start in phases. In the first phase, the Opposition parties will hold joint rallies in all four provinces in October. The second phase will begin in December during which the Opposition will hold huge rallies across the country.

Finally, a “decisive” long march towards Islamabad would start in January next year to oust the government.

The forum also demanded that elections be held again in a transparent manner and that electoral reforms should be passed in order to ensure free and fair polls.

Terming the Parliament a “rubber stamp”, the PDM declared that the opposition will not cooperate with the government in the legislative process.

The Opposition will also enlist lawyers, traders, farmers, students, media as well as members of the civil society in its movement. In order to oust the government, opposition parties will use “every legal and constitutional option in and out of parliament, which include moving no-confidence motions and collective resignations from assemblies at an appropriate time,” the resolution stated.

The joint resolution, JUI-F chief Rehman said, has also rejected any attempt to introduce a presidential form of government in the country and pledged to strengthen the parliamentary system of the country.