LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Saturday staged protest demonstrations in support of democracy and chanted slogans against ‘dissident’ MPAs at Lalak Jan Chowk and different locations in the city.

The PTI workers also burnt effigies of the dissident MPAs. The demonstrations were led by PTI Lahore President Sheikh Imtiaz and general secretary Zubair Khan Niazi. Former health minister Dr Yasmin Rashid, Mian Akram Usman, Awais Younas as well as workers participated in the protest demonstration.

Dr Yasmin Rashid said all political parties had forged unity in their ranks to oust Prime Minister Imran Khan. She stressed that people should come out otherwise looters would continue plundering the country and its progress would halt.

Dr Rashid also said the Chief Justice of Pakistan should not have sat on the bench for having clash of interest as she referred to his family relations with the opposition leader.

She said the CJP had taken a suo motu notice and presided over the bench to decide dispute between the government and the opposition.

She said the PTI government launched a number of initiatives for poor masses and talked about Health Card, Ehsaas Programme, interest-free loans for the youth, loans for construction of homes for homeless people and overseas Pakistanis given the right to vote.

Dr Rashid said the PTI government also fought very well against the coronavirus pandemic that was acknowledged in the comity of world nations.

Published in Dawn, April 10th, 2022