Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan plans to start his โHaqeeqi Azadi Long Marchโ on Friday to press for his partyโs demand for an early election.
Islamabad: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan plans to start his โHaqeeqi Azadi Long Marchโ on Friday to press for his partyโs demand for an early election.
The march will take off from Lahoreโs Liberty Chowk at 11 am on Friday and will head off to the capital city of Islamabad, the Dawn newspaper reported. โThe purpose of the long march is not any political gains or to topple the government, but to make sure that our future is not decided by foreign players,โ said the PTI chief via a video message on Thursday.
Earlier this month, Imran Khan directed his supporters to call off demonstrations for the long march against the government, after his disqualification by the Pakistan Election Commission triggered nationwide protests.
In a Twitter post, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) said today Pakistan is entering the โdecisive phase of the battle for its future.โ
โToday, from October 28, our conscious nation is entering the decisive phase of the battle for its future, where the people themselves have to decide what kind of Pakistan they want to see. Get out for the sake of Pakistan,โ PTI tweeted.
Ahead of PTIโs long march, Islamabad police issued instructions to its officers pertaining to the code of conduct during the march expected to reach Islamabad in a few days.
Security officers at the frontline will be deployed along with anti-riot gear, but police personnel deployed to counter the march will not be armed with weapons, according to Dawn.
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The PTIโs long march comes a day after Pakistanโs spymaster addressed the public in a rare joint press conference, alongside the head of the countryโs military media wing.
On Thursday, the Director-General (DG) of the ISI, Nadeem Anjum and the DG of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Major General Babar Iftikhar held an unprecedented joint press conference over the mystery surrounding the killing of senior Pakistan journalist Arshad Sharif.
โWhen lies are being spoken so easily, fluently, and without inhibition from one side that there is a danger of chaos and upheaval in the country, the truth cannot remain unspoken for too long,โ Anjum was quoted as saying by Dawn, about his decision to speak out, in response to the alleged role in Sharifโs killing.
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