Lahore:
Days before its demonstration scheduled for August 5, Pakistan Tehreek-e-insaf (PTI) faces a general repression, the party leaders hiding, workers reporting home raids and several bank accounts would have frozen.
PTI managers and workers allege that the Punjab police have intensified efforts to remove the demonstration by launching an intimidation campaign.
Many party workers deplore that since August 1, police have been hitting the doors, forcing workers to sign affidavits promising not to participate in the demonstration.
The raids led to panic in the ranks of PTI, with several leaders choosing to go underground to avoid arrest. Party sources claim that the “Knocking” campaign has quickly developed in the past few days.
In addition to the tactics of pressure in the field, several reports have emerged from the financial restrictions imposed on the management of the PTI. The banking account of Hafiz Zeeshan Rasheed, a PTI office office office in Punjab, was frozen, one of the many cases, according to the party.
