Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Sunday took out rallies in several cities of country to protest against exile of former prime minister and party Chairman Imran Khan through the successful vote of no-confidence the previous night.
Karachi, Peshawar, Malakand, Multan, Khanewal, Khyber, Jang, Quetta, Okara, Islamabad, Lahore and Abbottabad are among the cities where demonstrations took place. The protests were also staged in Bajaur, Lower Dir, Shangla, Kohistan, Mansehra, Swat, Gujrat and Mandi Bahauddin.
Previously in day, Khan tweeted that today began of “freedom struggle” against what he called a “foreign conspiracy of regime change.” Trying to inspire his supporters, he said that “it’s always people who defended their sovereignty and democracy.”
This was announced by PTI spokesman Fawad Chaudhry. also called on in people organize protests after the Isha prayer, speaking in front of media in Islamabad formerly in day. He said Khan leading mass movement would be amount to “betrayal with countries politics and the Constitution.”
party later released schedule of in various protests that were planned for all cities over country from 21:30.
Islamabad
Protest in the capital started from scratch, with PTI supporters gather and wave flags while chanting slogans in in former prime ministerfavor.
Flow of traffic on the Srinagar Highway was hampered by the rally with formation of long traffic queues.
Meanwhile, Chaudhry thanked the PTI supporters. for transformation out in Rawalpindi for protest.
Head of the Muslim League Awami Sheikh Rashid also spoke at a rally in Lal Haveli Rawalpindi and hit out on PML-N, aiming in especially in prime ministerial candidate Shehbaz Sharif and alleging that he tried to avoid indictment in a money laundering Reference.
Peshawar
A large number of of protesters including women and children turned around up at the Peshawar Press Club and expressed their solidarity with exiled prime minister.
The crowd chanted slogans against Head of Pakistan Democratic Movement Maulana Fazlur Rehman and leaders of other political parties together with criticism that appears to have been directed military.
Images provided by PTI also showed demonstrations in other parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa such as Bajaur and Abottabad.
Lahore
PTI leader Hammad Azhar posted video of rally from his constituency of NA-126 is leaving for Freedom Chowk.
PTI Senator Ejaz Chaudhry also shared video of rally from city constituency NA-133 to Liberty Market in what slogans against USA could be heard.
Other videos released by PTI showed the crowd of supporters and party hardheaded out in full force at Liberty Chowk.
Karachi
A protest was held in Karachi on Rashid Minhas Road, where a large number of of supporters, including women and children in attendance.
Leader of opposition in Sindh, Halim Adil Sheikh was among the representatives of the local PTI leadership present.
The protesters chanted slogans against import government and also PPP chairman Asif Ali Zardari.
shangla
Meanwhile, in Shangla, PTI supporters blocked the Karakoram Highway and registered their protest.
They chanted slogans against USA and Pakistan Democratic Alliance.
Foreign demonstrations
Foreign supporters of PTI also came out to support Khan, with video posted by Ali Haider Zaidi showing protesters putting up slogans of “diesel” is a reference to Khan’s fierce political rival Rehman. of JUI-F.
Atika Rehman, Dawn British correspondent shared video footage of PTI supporters gathering in London’s Hyde Park to register your protest.
Other footage showed PTI and PML-N supporters also was face-off at Avenfield House in London, where PML-N Supreme Leader Nawaz Sharif owns flats and resides.
Imran thanks the protesters for ‘an amazing outpouring of support’
After the protests on his party’s callImran thanked his supporters in tweet before midnight.
Thanks to all Pakistanis for their amazing outpouring of support and emotions of protest against US-backed regime change facilitated by local Mir Jafarsa power circle of malleable crooks all out on on bail,” he tweeted.
“[It] shows Pakistanis in home and abroad categorically rejected it.”
