KARACHI: The Sindh government has given a warning to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party that strict action will be taken if the party organizes a rally on roads instead of the specified venue.
According to Ziaul Hasan Lanjhar, the Sindh Interior Minister, PTI will not be allowed to have any public manifestation on the main thoroughfares. “If the protest takes place on a road, the government will react severely and in a law-abiding way,” he mentioned.
The minister pointed out that the party has been authorized to conduct its meeting at Bagh-e-Jinnah and that PTI has to hold its event there. He stated that the cooperation between the government and PTI will continue but any assertion of the authority of the state will not be tolerated.
Notwithstanding this, PTI Sindh Prez Haleem Adil Sheikh has stated that the party is not going to Bagh-e-Jinnah for the gathering and is going to hold it right by the Mazar-e-Quaid gate instead.
Similarly, PTI’s Raja Azhar said the place of the rally remained Bagh-e-Jinnah, and he acknowledged that the late issuance of the NOC had cut short the preparation time but the containers for the event were already arranged.
This situation depicts the ongoing miscommunication between the Sindh government and PTI concerning rally logistics and compliance with granted permissions.
People of Karachi have rejected PTI : Raja Khaliquzaman
Meanwhile, Spokesperson Sindh government at Federal level Raja Khaliquzaman has harshly criticized the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in his latest statement, saying that the people of Karachi have completely rejected PTI’s narrative and politics.
The spokesperson clarified that PTI’s influence in Karachi has ended and the people of the city now believe in development politics.
Meanwhile PML-N leader and member of Sindh Assembly Khel Das Kohistani also said on this occasion that the real mandate for development projects in Sindh lies with the Sindh government alone.
He accused PTI of only wanting to entertain the people with empty slogans. The Sindh government says it is working with the federal government on major projects for the development and upliftment of Karachi, including improving transport and infrastructure.
This statement comes at a time when the PTI is trying to re-energize in Karachi and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi is also on a visit to Karachi.
The Sindh government has termed the visit and PTI’s activities as “political gimmicks” and said that the people will not fall for their tricks anymore.
