No surrender, no retreat: PTI to resume long march from Wazirabad today
The resumption of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) long march on Islamabad will take place today (Thursday) from the attack site in Wazirabad.
This was decided during a meeting of the party’s senior leadership led by PTI Chairman Imran Khan a day ago.
In a Twitter message, PTI senior leader Fawad Chaudhry stated the PTI’s Haqiqi Azadi March will restart its journey from the same spot of Wazirabad where the assassination attempt on Imran Khan occured.
He said all PTI activists and supporters will gather at the site at 3pm while PTI Chairman Imran Khan will address them around 4:30pm.
After holding a large rally in Wazirabad, the convoy will head towards Rawalpindi.
Rallies from different parts of the country will join the main convoy and assemble in Rawalpindi in the third week of November.
The single unified demand of the party, it was decided, was early elections.
It will be demanded that the assemblies should be immediately dissolved in all four provinces and fresh elections are called.
Shah Mahmood Qureshi said the PTI would challenge the Wazirabad attack FIR in court. “The PTI wants a free and fair investigation into the assassination attempt on Imran Khan.”
Security arrangements
The security has been beefed up by the Punjab police.
Over 1,540 personnel of Punjab Highway Patrol (PHP) along with officers have been deployed to four districts of Punjab, including Gujrat, Jhelum, Attock and IGP Reserves to ensure that security arrangements are in place during the long march.
The accommodation, food, and other welfare arrangements for standby personnel shall be made by districts concerned.
