KARACHI: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi on Saturday left for Hyderabad for a day-long journey to mobilize the general public for a nationwide road motion.
CM Afridi arrived in Karachi yesterday on a four-day go to to garner momentum within the lead as much as the deliberate February 8 protests, which might mark two years because the common elections that the opposition claims had been rigged.
“[We] have departed from Karachi for Hyderabad,” introduced PTI Sindh President Haleem Adil Sheikh shortly after 12pm.
“God prepared, Hyderabad may even come out on the streets massively like Karachi,” Sheikh mentioned, hailing the huge public response acquired by CM Afridi within the metropolis a day earlier.
In a post On its official X account, the PTI detailed the KP CM’s itinerary for his journey to Hyderabad, the place he’ll deal with the native press membership, attend the Insaf College students Federation’s conference and take part in “road motion actions”.
The celebration agenda additionally lists an deal with to the Excessive Courtroom Bar Affiliation (HCBA) in Hyderabad, though the attorneys’ physique claimed it had by no means granted permission for Afridi to go to or deal with the bar.
The bar affiliation’s common secretary had invited the KP CM in a letter dated Jan 7. Nonetheless, in a press launch issued on Jan 8, the HCBA clarified that its govt committee had rejected the applying by a transparent majority. It mentioned the final secretary issued the letter in his private capability and used the bar’s letterhead with out consent.
Chatting with the media earlier than departing, CM Afridi mentioned, “We had been extraordinarily proud of the way in which we had been welcomed in numerous districts of Karachi and the fervour and spirit we noticed within the public. We thank everybody.”
Referring to his deliberate public gathering at Mazar-i-Quaid in Karachi on Sunday, the chief minister mentioned the folks of Karachi had “one other massive duty”.
“We’ve to make this Jalsa profitable beneath all circumstances and ship a message to the world that Karachi was Imran Khan’s, is Imran Khan’s, and, God prepared, will stay Imran Khan’s,” he confused.
At round 2pm, the PTI shared a videosaying CM Afridi and his convoy had reached Jamshoro.
“Towards Hyderabad for road motion [sic],” mentioned KP Native Authorities Minister Meena Khan Afridi on X, sharing an image with CM Afridi, Sheikh and PTI Secretary Normal Salman Akram Raja.
The PTI’s KP chapter acknowledged on X that the Sindh United Social gathering (SUP) was able to welcome Afridi.
In one other publish, the PTI shared a video of PTI Hyderabad Youth Wing’s “enthusiastic” members chanting slogans as they stood ready to welcome the KP CM on the Hyderabad Insaf Home.
Chatting with reporters, Sheikh said the PTI caravan will go to Jamshoro and Kotri as nicely. The PTI Sindh president additionally shared a video exhibiting folks showering petals on Afridi in a “splendid welcome” at Karachi’s Toll Plaza.
Earlier on Saturday, Sheikh and Raja, together with othersgathered at Karachi’s Hassan Sq. to file a press release as they started their journey to hitch CM Afridi’s convoy.
Umer Dar, the brother of Usman Dar who stop the celebration within the wake of the Could 9 riots, was amongst these. present.
Raja mentioned: “Pricey residents of Sindh, we’re current in your land at this time. I’m standing reverse Karachi’s Hassan Sq.. As you understand, a grand Jalsa is being organized at 4:30pm tomorrow at Bagh-i-Jinnah beneath the shadow of Mazar-i-Quaid.
“We’ve come earlier than you with Imran Khan’s message. It is a message of freedom […]of defending the water of Sindh’s farmers,” he mentioned.
The PTI secretary common urged the general public to attend the facility present and collectively elevate their voice in opposition to the imprisonment of PTI leaders and the “violation of their privateness”.
“We’ve to inform the oppressor that ‘we’re alive, you can not erase us’,” he mentioned, calling the PTI and its founder “Pakistan’s future”.
“We’re the patriots of Pakistan, we’re the sons of Sindh, we’re the guardians of Sindh, Punjab, Balochistan, Khyber Paktunkhwa, Azad Kashmir, and Gilgit-Baltistan,” he mentioned.
A schedule shared by the PTI on X lists CM Afridi’s deliberate actions for Sunday, including that he would meet Sindh CM Murad Ali Shah on Monday (Jan 12).
