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Imran Khan, founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. Photo: File
ISLAMABAD:
Top PTI leaders on Wednesday announced the launch of a post-Eid movement aimed at securing the release of the party’s founding president Imran Khan and restoring what they described as constitutional rule in the country.
The movement was named “PTI Founder Release Peace Movement”.
Addressing a press conference, PTI general secretary Salman Akram Raja said the movement would begin after Eid and would take place peacefully. He said millions of young Pakistanis were disillusioned with growing poverty and a deteriorating economy. “It is our duty to steer Pakistan in the right direction. The youth of this country will play its role in pulling it out of the crisis,” he said.
Raja added that the movement’s main goals included “restoration of the Constitution and the rule of law”, the release of the PTI’s founding president and “true freedom” for every Pakistani. He said the justice system had “collapsed” and thousands of citizens were imprisoned in what he called trumped-up cases.
