Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan is leading his party’s election rally in Lahore despite security and threats of arrest – after finally being given permission by the interim government of Punjab.
The party announced to start its election campaign from today after canceling the rally twice in the last week following the imposition of Section 144 in the city.
It should be noted that the PTI chairman has been asking for exemption on the pretext of security. The Islamabad police team has also reached Lahore to arrest Khan in the case of threatening the judge.
According to JEE News, Imran Khan left his Zaman Park residence in a bulletproof vehicle leading the rally which will culminate at Data Darbar.
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The local administration gave permission to the PTI after the party leadership promised to follow government directives. He submitted an affidavit, assuring the city administration of full cooperation with him, police and security officials.
The former ruling party assured the authority that it would comply with the relevant law regarding the use of sound systems. Speeches against state institutions and judiciary will not be allowed in the rally, PTI agreed.
If government property is demanded during the rally, PTI will be responsible, read the affidavit.
On Sunday, Khan, who was ousted from the government after losing a no-confidence vote on April 9 last year, postponed his election rally after the caretaker government refused to lift Article 144.
This will be the first rally that Khan will lead in more than four months as he mobilizes the party from his residence in Zaman Park in the Punjab capital. The PTI chief was at home as he was “recuperating” from an injury sustained last year.
Khan was shot in the legs on November 3 as he led a protest march towards Islamabad waving to the crowd from a truck-mounted container to pressure the government to call early elections. coins — but it was cut short in Rawalpindi.
General elections in Punjab will be held on April 30, while in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the date of elections is yet to be announced as Governor Ghulam Ali has not taken any decision yet.
