QUETTA: Civil Lines Police have registered a case against provincial president of PTI and other party leaders for taking out a rally on Friday without permission of the Quetta deputy commissioner.

The case was registered on the complaint of SHO of Civil Lines Police Station.

Other party leaders who were booked along with Provincial President Dawood Shah Kakar includes Noor Khan Khilji, Sardar Khadim Hussain Wardag, Rahim Kakar and Akram Khan.

The FIR alleged that the PTI leaders held a rally without having a no objection certificate (NOC) and tried to “spread hatred among the people against national institutions and the government”.

Due to the rally, the FIR said, traffic was blocked on Shahra-i-Iqbal and Adalat Road, causing difficulties for the masses.

On Thursday, the PTI had organised a rally in Quetta for the release of its founding chairman Imran Khan and express solidarity with the six judges of Islamabad High Court.

Published in Dawn, April 6th, 2024