Islamabad: Hours after ousted Prime Minister Imran KHAN canceled your march Islamabad Prime Minister on Thursday after giving a six-day ultimatum to the government to dissolve the National Assembly and announce elections. Shahbaz Sharif swore that elected House Will decide the date of fresh elections after completing his current term next year.
In a speech in the lower house of parliament, Sharif hit out at the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and its chief. Imran As for the violent acts, saying: “I want to clarify to the leader of this group (PTI), your dictation will not work. This House and the coalition government will decide when to hold elections in the country.
After a busy day of political drama and violence across Pakistan, PTI president Imran, after announcing a deadline, left for his palatial farm house. bani throatIslamabad left many of its supporters behind to wonder what exactly happened that changed the entire political landscape. Thousands of PTI workers had arrived in preparation for a long sit-in, as told to them by their leaders. “I was shocked when Khan announced the end of the march,” said Adam ShujaPTI supporters.
Till late Wednesday, Islamabad’s high-security red zone looked like a war zone, with PTI supporters pelting tear gas and pelting stones at law enforcers and setting fire to metro bus stations, trees and green belts .
Imran, however, could not reach Islamabad’s Red Zone and gave a speech to his supporters at Jinnah Avenue in the city on Thursday morning. “I have reached Islamabad after 30 hours journey from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The government did everything possible to crush our freedom march. They fired tear gas at peaceful protesters, raided our homes and violated our privacy. However, I have seen the country free from the fear of slavery.”
Khan claimed that three PTI activists lost their lives in Karachi, while two activists were thrown from the Ravi Bridge in Lahore and thousands of others were arrested.
Signaling the end of the party’s much-hyped ‘Azadi March’, he said, “My message to the imported government is to dissolve the assemblies and announce elections, otherwise I will come again to Islamabad after six days.”
In a speech in the lower house of parliament, Sharif hit out at the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and its chief. Imran As for the violent acts, saying: “I want to clarify to the leader of this group (PTI), your dictation will not work. This House and the coalition government will decide when to hold elections in the country.
After a busy day of political drama and violence across Pakistan, PTI president Imran, after announcing a deadline, left for his palatial farm house. bani throatIslamabad left many of its supporters behind to wonder what exactly happened that changed the entire political landscape. Thousands of PTI workers had arrived in preparation for a long sit-in, as told to them by their leaders. “I was shocked when Khan announced the end of the march,” said Adam ShujaPTI supporters.
Till late Wednesday, Islamabad’s high-security red zone looked like a war zone, with PTI supporters pelting tear gas and pelting stones at law enforcers and setting fire to metro bus stations, trees and green belts .
Imran, however, could not reach Islamabad’s Red Zone and gave a speech to his supporters at Jinnah Avenue in the city on Thursday morning. “I have reached Islamabad after 30 hours journey from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The government did everything possible to crush our freedom march. They fired tear gas at peaceful protesters, raided our homes and violated our privacy. However, I have seen the country free from the fear of slavery.”
Khan claimed that three PTI activists lost their lives in Karachi, while two activists were thrown from the Ravi Bridge in Lahore and thousands of others were arrested.
Signaling the end of the party’s much-hyped ‘Azadi March’, he said, “My message to the imported government is to dissolve the assemblies and announce elections, otherwise I will come again to Islamabad after six days.”