RAWALPINDI:
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founder Imran Khan has urged the party leadership and workers to observe “Black Day” on February 8 – the day which marks the first year since the 2024 general elections – and to organize demonstrations throughout the country.
In a meeting with his lawyers and party leaders on the sidelines of the hearing into the GHQ attack case, the PTI founder ordered the party’s national and provincial assembly members to organize protests on February 8, sources said.
The PTI founder also barred the party leadership from making statements against Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, saying the JUI-F chief and PTI had similar views on the issues of Afghanistan and PTI. terrorism in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP).
Imran also ordered the PTI leadership to take all opposition leaders, including Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Miftah Ismael, into confidence. He expressed his displeasure with KP Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur and party information secretary Sheikh Waqas Akram.
The sources quoted Imran as saying, “Shiekh Waqas is the information secretary of the party and not the one of Gandapur.” He also asked party leaders to convey his message to Gandapur to “get out of Dera Ismael Khan”.
