- Lahore DC rejects PTI’s plea, citing security problems.
- Decision taken to “maintain the situation of public order”, explains DC.
- Earlier, LHC orders DC to decide on the advocacy of PTI at 5 p.m.
In a major development, the administration of the Lahore City district rejected Pakistan Tehreek-E-insaf on Thursday on Thursday to organize a public rally in Minar-E-Pakistan on February 8.
The sub-commissioner refused authorization invoking security reasons.
Development intervened while the former ruling party announced the marking of February 8 (Saturday) – first anniversary of the “rigged general elections” as “dark day”.
According to a statement published by the DC of Lahore, “the decision not to authorize the rally was made to maintain the situation of the law and the order”.
There are important events scheduled for Lahore on February 8, such as a cricket match, an international lecturer and a show of horse and livestock, added the DC.
The government official said thousands of security staff had already been deployed due to these events.
Earlier in the day, the High Court of Lahore (LHC) asked the deputy commissioner to decide at 5 p.m. at the request of PTI to hold a gathering in Minar-E-Pakistan.
Judge Farooq Haider published the directive while hearing a petition filed by the chief organizer of the PTI Punjab, Aliya Hamza, on February 3, requesting permission for the public meeting.
The former ruling party, following his negotiations with the government, announced rallies of protests against the polls in 2024 which, as well as other opposition parties, were again described for having been tainted with Truquage, causing an alleged theft of his mandate.
The party ended up by Imran Khan put an end to negotiations after having either a judicial commission to probe the riots of May 9 and November 2024 in accordance with its request charter.
The process of dialogue between the government led by PML-N and the PTI began at the end of December after months of increased political tensions.
The party also announcing a rally in Swabi on the said date, the president of Pti Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Junaid Akbar, warned against the power coalition, claiming that the party’s desire to hold dialogue with the government was misinterpreted as His weakness.
The PTI, in recent months, has descended on the street on various occasions. Last year, the demonstrations and the party show in Islamabad led to a repression against party workers with leaders confronted with several cases.