Imran's party announces 'mass street movement' from Lahore

Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) on Friday announced that it would begin a street movement by welcoming Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi in Lahore and holding a public event at the Liberty Roundabout, local media reported.

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PTI Punjab chief organiser Aliya Hamza Malik said the chief minister of KP will lead the “mass protest movement” as per the instructions given by PTI founder Imran Khan. She asked PTI's ticket-holders, office-bearers, workers and lawyers in Lahore to be present at Liberty Roundabout to welcome Afridi, Pakistan's leading daily Dawn reported.

Hamza Malik asked PTI members to play their part in “restoring constitution, law and democracy in the country”. She stated that it would be a “historic moment” to transform main boulevard of Lahore into a march to secure Imran Khan's release.

Imran Khan, who has been in prison since August, 2023, is serving a 14-year jail sentence at the Adiala jail in Rawalpindi in a £190 million corruption case and faces pending trials under the Anti-Terrorism Act linked to the protests held on May 9, 2023. Imran Khan's wife Bushra Bibi is also serving a seven-year sentence in the same case.

Last week, Imran Khan issued a call for nationwide protest and announced his intention to challenge the court’s decision in the Toshakhana - II case in the Islamabad High Court.