RAWALPINDI, Nov 13 (NNI): Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan on Wednesday gave the final call to hold protest in Islamabad on November 24.
It was revealed by Imran Khan’s lawyer Faisal Chaudhry who was speaking to media outside Adiala Jail on Wednesday.
“The PTI founder has also constituted a committee to hold protest,” said the lawyer of Imran Khan. However, he didn’t disclose the members of the committee in order to avoid their arrests.
“The protest will be staged in the whole Pakistan with special focus on Islamabad,” Imran Khan was quoted as saying. “We’ll continue the protest until the acceptance of our demands,” he added.
He said that the protest would be staged against the passage of 26th amendment and illegal detention of PTI workers. “It will be the final protest call. We want our mandate back,” the former prime minister was quoted as saying.
He added that the entire PTI leadership would join the protest and everyone knew his role very well.
The authority to call off the protest would be rested with an empowered committee while KP CM Ali Amin Gandapur would also reach Islamabad with the party workers.
Meanwhile, Imran Khan’s sister Aleema Khan also confirmed that Imran Khan gave the final protest call in Islamabad on Nov 24.
Speaking to the media outside Adiala Jail, Rawalpindi, she said that the PTI founder had said this was the time for the nation to decide whether it wanted freedom or to live under a military dictatorship. “Everybody be it a PTI voter, MNA, MPA or people belonging to different professions has to take this decision.”
“The situation the country is going through these days makes it obligatory on each and every citizen to come out on the roads for the protection of his or her rights. This is a matter that concerns our future generations. People will have to take to streets for the rule of law, democracy and getting back the mandate stolen from the PTI following the February 8 elections,” Aleema said while quoting her brother.
She further said that the former prime minister was of the view that lawyers too should stand up for the independence of judiciary. NNI
