LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) central Punjab president Abdul Aleem Khan on Saturday constituted 10 committees for their show at Minar-i-Pakistan on April 29.The committees, consisting of 10 members each, have been constituted for mobilisation, monitoring, venue preparation, administration, media management, security, finance, transport, advertisement and publicity, and social media.

The committees are convened by Senator Chaudhry Sarwar, Opposition Leader in the Punjab Assembly Mian Mahmoodur Rasheed, Ejaz Chaudhry, Shafqat Mahmood, Faisal Javed Khan, Rizwan Yousaf, Dr Sohail Zafar Cheema, Chaudhry Shoukat Ali Bhatti, Chaudhry Waseem Ramey and Dr Arsalan Khalid.Also, PTI MPA Shoaib Siddiqui visited Minar-i-Pakistan and viewed preparation for the stage, enclosures and security arrangements.

He said the party chief would also visit Data Darbar on April 24, where he would be welcomed by shrine’s caretaker Mian Hamid. He said Mr Hamid would also announce joining the PTI on the occasion.

He said some 50,000 chairs would be arranged at the public meeting venue, while 10 LCDs be installed for the benefit of participants.

He said the Punjab government was using uncalled for tactics by not granting permission to hold the public meeting at Minar-e-Pakistan ground. He asserted that the PTI would hold the mass public meeting at the declared venue.

Published in Dawn, April 22nd, 2018

Opinion

Editorial

IMF’s unease
Updated 24 May, 2024

IMF’s unease

It is clear that the next phase of economic stabilisation will be very tough for most of the population.
Belated recognition
24 May, 2024

Belated recognition

WITH Wednesday’s announcement by three European states that they intend to recognise Palestine as a state later...
App for GBV survivors
24 May, 2024

App for GBV survivors

GENDER-based violence is caught between two worlds: one sees it as a crime, the other as ‘convention’. The ...
Energy inflation
Updated 23 May, 2024

Energy inflation

The widening gap between the haves and have-nots is already tearing apart Pakistan’s social fabric.
Culture of violence
23 May, 2024

Culture of violence

WHILE political differences are part of the democratic process, there can be no justification for such disagreements...
Flooding threats
23 May, 2024

Flooding threats

WITH temperatures in GB and KP forecasted to be four to six degrees higher than normal this week, the threat of...