PTI's 'Plan C' to spread from Lahore Secretariat to Punjab Assembly

Published December 14, 2014
Activists of PTI arriving to attend a protest rally. - AFP/File
Activists of PTI arriving to attend a protest rally. - AFP/File

LAHORE: As Lahore braces for Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf's (PTI) Plan C on Monday, the party is expected to protest in at least 15 locations throughout the city.

According to DawnNews, the primary focus of protests will be in a handful of locations:

At 8am, PTI protesters, including party leaders Yasmeen Rashid and Andleeb Abbas, are expected to reach the Lahore Secretariat, where they intend to prevent bureaucrats from entering their offices.

At 9am protesters are expected at GPO Chowk, where they will protest outside the Lahore High Court.

By 10am they will reach the Punjab Assembly, which is expected to be the central point of the protest. A stage will also be set up, where PTI Chairman Imran Khan is expected to address party workers and supporters by 8pm.

Besides the above mentioned locations, the PTI will also focus its protests in two other places.

One of the locations will be the NA-118 Shahdara constituency, where PML-N’s Muhammad Riaz Malik won against PTI’s Hamid Zaman in a controversial vote in the 2013 general elections.

The second location will be the Defence Bhatta Chowk’s NA-125 constituency where PTI’s Hamid Khan lost to PML-N’s Saad Rafique – also a controversial win.

Both the constituencies were highlighted by the PTI for alleged vote-rigging.

The planned closure of Lahore – dubbed 'Plan C' – is a continuation of PTI Chairman Imran Khan's push to pressure the government into carrying out an inquiry into alleged rigging in the May 2013 general election.

Also read: Karachi down Lahore next, says Imran

On Friday the party held a protest rally in Karachi, which led to a partial shutdown of the city. Plan C had originally kicked off in Faisalabad, where violent clashes with PML-N supporters had resulted in the death of one PTI worker.

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