Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Thursday resumed its long march from the same spot in Wazirabad where the party chief Imran Khan was injured during an attempted assassination.
PTI’s Haqeeqi Azadi march, which demanded early and fair elections, was brought to an abrupt halt after Imran was shot in the leg during a procession.
The former prime minister and several other PTI leaders were injured after a man opened fire near the PTI reception camp at Allahwala Chowk during party’s Haqeeqi Azadi march.
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Addressing the party supporters, Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that PTI would not give up on its struggle for freedom despite an assassination attempt.
Qureshi has said that party chairman Imran Khan would soon join his supporters in the long march to Islamabad.
Imran Khan’s sons reach Lahore
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan’s sons Qasim and Suleman Khan arrived in Lahore to meet their father who was wounded in an assassination attempt during a long march in Wazirabad.
Provincial Minister Mian Aslam Iqbal received them at Lahore airport.
In the video message released by the party chief yesterday, Imran Khan urged the nation to join the party’s march as it resumes Thursday at 4:30pm.
The PTI Chief said that he would address the participants of the Haqeeqi Azadi march at 4 pm. “This march is the most important movement since the creation of Pakistan and everyone should participate in it,” PTI Chief said.
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Imran Khan, who got injured during party’s long march in Wazirabad, would not be participating in the protest movement beginning from Wazirabad.
The PTI chairman said that he would lead the rally from Rawalpindi. The PTI march would reach Islamabad in 10-14 days, the PTI Chief had said in an earlier message.
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