Web Desk (LTN NEWS): All eyes are on today’s federal capital as the PTI starts its long march against the government. The party chairman has called it the “biggest freedom movement” in the country’s history.
Earlier, Pakistan’s highest court had turned down a request from the government to stop the PTI’s long march to the federal capital right away. The additional attorney-general of Pakistan had asked the highest court to stop PTI from marching to Islamabad.
In a special message, Imran said that the “Haqeeqi Azadi Long March” goal was not to get rid of or form a government but to free the country from thieves who had taken power to get their corruption cases dropped.
Read Long March schedule in full swing
This is the PTI chair’s second march to Islamabad since he was kicked out of office earlier this year by a vote of no confidence.
Political unrest in Pakistan has also made the economy less stable. International rating agencies are unsure if the current government can stick to its strict economic policies with political pressure and upcoming elections.
The long march will start in Lahore at Liberty Chowk and go through Ferozepur Road, Icchra, Azadi Chowk, Mozang, the side of Data Darbar, and Muridke. It will go through Kamonki, Gujranwala, Daska, Sumbrial, Lala Musa, Khariyan, Gujjar Khan, and Rawalpindi before getting to the federal capital.
Read on to find out what’s going on in Pakistan with the PTI’s long march
Hammad Azhar leaves for Liberty Chowk at 11:38 a.m. on October 28 (today).
PTI’s long march plan
There will not be any more mob attacks: Rana Sanaullah
Rana Sanaullah Khan, the Interior Minister, swore he would not let a mob attack Islamabad.
“If mob culture grows, where will democracy and the state go?” Sanaullah asked the media as he stood outside the Rawalpindi bench of the Lahore High Court. He also said that the Supreme Court had decided on long marches and sit-ins.
October 28 — 10:40 a.m.
Leave your homes, join Imran Khan for your children’s future: Fawad
Before the march, PTI Leader Fawad Chaudhry asked people in Lahore to leave their homes and march with PTI Chairman Imran Khan for their children’s future.
Leave Pakistan if you want to change the way things are done there. Fawad sent out a tweet.
October 28 — 10 a.m.
Peaceful March: Ali Muhammad
Ali Muhammad Khan of the PTI said it would be peaceful before the march. “No matter what the threats are, we will keep our political movement peaceful,” he said in a video message.
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