PESHAWAR: Leaders and workers of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf on Saturday staged rallies in different parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to show solidarity with the Supreme Court in its stand-off with the government over election issue.

PTI chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan had given the call for demonstrations across the country.

In the provincial capital, the rally was held at the historic Chowk Yadgar while the rest of the province, the rallies were held in the district headquarters.

The participants also took processions and marched on different roads in their respective areas.

They were holding banners and placards and chanted slogans against the incumbent government and in favour of the superior judiciary.

In Peshawar, the PTI workers assembled at their village and neighbourhood level and proceeded towards the party’s former MPAs and MNAs residences from their they took the procession towards the Pir Zakori bridge on the Grand Trunk Road.

The workers took the procession from the Pir Zakori bridge and marched on different roads. Upon reaching the Chowk Yadgar, the procession turned into a rally. The rally was led by former provincial ministers of the PTI Ishtiaq Urmar and Taimur Jhagra.

Police were deployed at the rally’s venue and the roads leading to it in large numbers. The rallies moved on slowly causing traffic mess on the roads.

Mr Urmar told participants that the PTI would take revenge on the current government for acting against the PTI workers and leadership.

He urged party workers to be prepared for the long march on Islamabad whose schedule will be announced by chairman Imran Khan. The PTI leader demanded of the chief justice of Pakistan to announce date for general elections to address anarchy.

Published in Dawn, May 7th, 2023