PTI bent upon Islamabad march
• Party will ‘forcefully exercise’ right to protest, scare tactics won’t break their resolve, says CM Afridi • Gohar claims 1,500 party supporters detained, urges govt to review its approach • TTAP denounces detention of lawmakers from Islamabad and KP, demands their release PESHAWAR / ISLAMABAD: As the state swung into action in a bid to deter the opposition party from undertaking its promised…
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party has announced that it will proceed with its planned protest march to Islamabad on September 27, despite the opposition from the government. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi stated that the parliamentary committee had decided to "forcefully exercise" the right to peaceful protest on the specified date.
He alleged that plainclothes men had abducted a minister and attempted to kidnap another government official. PTI interim chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan expressed disappointment over the arrest of 1,500 party supporters and urged the authorities to reconsider their approach. The PTI condemned the arrests of its lawmakers from Parliament Lodges and outside the National Assembly, calling for their immediate release.
Tehreek-i-Tahafuz Ayeen-i-Pakistan also expressed concern over the political situation, the arrests of political workers, parliamentarians, and citizens, as well as the closure of major roads.
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