Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has decided not to personally participate in the public gatherings in connection with the by-elections to the National Assembly seats.
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has decided to hold by-elections to the National Assembly seats vacated by PTI legislators. PTI members resigned from their National Assembly seats last April following a no-confidence motion that ousted Imran Khan as prime minister.
The ECP has released the schedule for holding the by-elections to the National Assembly in March.
The decision of the PTI senior leadership that Imran will not physically attend public meetings is mainly due to the threat to his life. Khan was shot in the leg on December 3 as he led a protest march from Wazirabad to Islamabad, waving to the crowd from a truck-mounted container, pressuring the government to call early elections. were However, his party’s march in Rawalpindi was cut short.
During a virtual press conference on 27 January, Khan also accused PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari of hatching and financing an assassination plot against him for which PPP leaders had hired terrorists. The former president sent a legal notice of Rs 10 billion to Khan on January 30 for making baseless allegations.
Several political leaders, including leaders of coalition parties, have demanded an independent investigation into his allegations.
The PTI chief will address campaign meetings via video link as per the strategy drawn up by the party’s senior leadership.
