PTI rally Lahore The Lahore district government has officially approved Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to hold a gathering at Jallo Park on September 21. The Lahore High Court told the government to reply to the PTI’s request for a meeting by 5 pm, which is when this decision was made.
The permission from the Deputy Commissioner’s office was approved so that the PTI could hold its gathering at Jallo Park instead of Minar-e-Pakistan from 2 to 5 pm.
Earlier in the day, the opposition leader of Punjab, Malik Ahmad Khan Bhachar, went to see Minar-e-Pakistan with a group of Punjab Assembly members. But they couldn’t get to the spot because all the gates were locked and there were a lot of cops there. The district office had closed the gates and put containers on the roads nearby to make it harder for people to get in.
Getting ready for the PTI gathering is almost done. Tomorrow morning, a group led by Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur is going to leave from Swabi. The leaders of the PTI have told each candidate to bring 500 fans. The group has tools to get rid of any problems that might get in their way on the way to Lahore.
“A sea of people from Swabi will head towards Lahore,” said Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Information Adviser, Barrister Saif, confirming the plans. He told the government not to make things hard for the protest and told Maryam Nawaz to “stay calm.”
The Lahore High Court earlier turned down a petition to stop the protest. The court said the plea wasn’t valid and told the Deputy Commissioner to decide by 5 pm on PTI rally Lahore request.
While in Adiala Jail, PTI Chairman Imran Khan talked to reporters casually. He said that if the government stopped the gathering, it would turn into a protest. He also said that if the gathering is stopped, “the whole nation will protest at Minar-e-Pakistan.”
Khan said the rally’s main goal was to defend freedom and democracy, which are rights backed by the Supreme Court but being harmed by the government. “If the Deputy Commissioner does not permit the rally, we will protest at Minar-e-Pakistan,” he said, criticizing what the government was doing.
Khan said that the current government’s attitude is like that of former president Musharraf. He said that even during martial law, there were not as many restrictions on political protests and media freedom. He ended by attacking the process of partial approval, saying that requests from the government are always heard, but requests from the PTI are always turned down.
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