Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman and former Prime Minister Imran Khan has given a 72-hour deadline to his team to prepare his container for the ‘Azadi March’, which will begin soon.
The container is being renovated. The party has asked for the installation of air conditioners, fans, air coolers, LEDs, toilets, and even heaters in the container. The leadership will decide if the container will be taken to Lahore or Peshawar. On the other hand, the district administration has seized over 700 containers to counter the ‘Azadi March’. The capital police have stated that they will manage approximately 1,100 containers to seal off the capital during the long march. Out of the total, 525 containers have been placed on 22 different roads.
Earlier on Monday, the PTI chief warned the Shehbaz Sharif-led government that the anti-government “Azadi March” would not be delayed past October as they have completed their preparations.
At a press conference, Khan said: “My march will be held in October if the government does not announce the date for the next general election,” reported Geo News.
The PTI chief warned the government that multitudes of people would take to the streets in response to his call to the nation for the anti-government march.
Khan said he was still cutting the government some slack so that they could decide on it. “I am actually giving them some more time before embarking on our long march protest.”
Meanwhile, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah warned Imran Khan that they will respond with “full force” if he announces a long march and enters the federal capital,
In a press conference in Islamabad, he said that Khan has started the culture of bringing huge crowds out on the streets, but the government knows how to end it. “We also know how to take a similar path,” he said.