TOBA TEK SINGH: The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has changed the venue of its Faisalabad public meeting to be addressed by Chairman Imran Khan today (Sunday).

The PTI’s former state minister for information and broadcasting Farrukh Habib told the media on Saturday that the party would now hold its public meeting at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad.

Giving the reason for the change of venue, Habib said that security agencies had not cleared the previous venue -- Pahari Ground.

He said dozens of rallies would reach Iqbal Stadium from different localities falling in NA-108, where former premier Imran Khan is himself a candidate for Sept 25 by-election.

He added the party activists would also reach Iqbal Stadium from Toba Tek Singh, Jhang and Chiniot.

He claimed the party would hold a historic power show on Sunday, expecting it to be unprecedented in the history of Faisalabad.

Faisalabad district PTI president Nasrallah Ghumman said they would try to conclude the public meeting before the start of Pakistan-India cricket match at 7pm so that people could also watch the Asia Cup contest between the traditional rivals on TV.

PROTEST: Scores of people of different villages of Gojra tehsil blocked the Jhang Road near Chak 358-JB for more than two hours on Saturday by burning used tyres to vent their anger against inflated power bills.

Published in Dawn, September 4th, 2022