ISLAMABAD: After PTI leaders had been denied a gathering with social gathering founder Imran Khan one more time on Thursday, MNA Ahad Ali Shah mentioned it appeared his social gathering would “now should resort to agitation”.
“We’ve reached a conclusion that the federal government won’t prepare a gathering with Imran Khan if the social gathering stays peaceable. Evidently now we should resort to agitation as the federal government isn’t able to take heed to our peaceable requests and calls for,” he mentioned whereas chatting with Daybreak.
The Islamabad Excessive Courtroom has allowed Imran twice-a-week conferences — on Tuesdays and Thursdays — together with his household, legal professionals and different associates at Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail, the place he’s incarcerated since 2023. Regardless of the court docket order, the previous premier has been restricted from assembly guests for a number of weeks.
On Wednesday, MNA Ahad Ali Shah posted on X that the PTI had submitted an inventory of six leaders, together with him, to Adiala jail authorities for his or her assembly with Imran.
He instructed Daybreak that the leaders reached the Adiala jail round 1:30pm on Thursday.
“We had been knowledgeable by the jail administration {that a} message has been despatched and we must always anticipate an approval.
“We waited there until 4pm however didn’t get any message from jail authorities. Because the assembly time had ended, we determined to go away,” he mentioned.
In response to a query, Shah mentioned the PTI had concluded that “the federal government won’t ever prepare a gathering so long as the social gathering stays peaceable”.
“Evidently now we should resort to agitation as the federal government isn’t able to take heed to our peaceable requests and calls for,” he added.*
On Tuesday, a caravan led by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi, which was on its option to the Adiala jail to fulfill Imran, was stopped from coming into Islamabad, prompting the contributors to stage a sit-in on the intersection of Srinagar Freeway and GT Street – domestically known as Chungi No. 26.
A day later, CM Afridi addressed a press convention alongside Imran’s sister Aleema Khan, alleging that Islamabad police “fired bullets” at PTI staff, who had been staging a sit-in at Chungi No. 26.
Opposition meeting
On Thursday, a meeting of the parliamentary parties from the opposition was also held at Parliament House.
It was chaired by Opposition Leader in the National Assembly and head of the Tehreek-i-Tahafuz-i-Ayin-i-Pakistan (TTAP) opposition alliance, Mehmood Khan Achakzai.
The TTAP posted on X that over 70 PTI senators and MNAs, as well as Senate Opposition Leader Allama Raja Nasir Abbas, were among the meeting’s participants.
It added that key issues discussed during the meeting included Imran’s health condition, matters related to meetings at the Adiala jail and the demand to transfer Imran to a hospital.
The participants also consulted and finalized the strategy for nationwide protests scheduled for Friday.
The TTAP and PTI have announced Nationwide protests on Friday towards Imran’s imprisonment, rising inflation and different points.
“Meeting members are being instructed and consultations are being held on the technique for nationwide protests on Friday,” the submit mentioned.
