LAHORE: Greater than 100 supporters of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan‘s social gathering have been arrested from completely different elements of Punjab province of Pakistan for staging rallies in opposition to alleged vote rigging, police mentioned on Sunday. On the decision of social gathering founder Imran Khan, supporters of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) social gathering held protests throughout Pakistan on Saturday in opposition to the alleged “large rigging” within the February 8 normal elections.
Most arrests passed off in Lahore the place newly elected Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz ordered a clamp down on the protesting PTI supporters.
“Police thras-hed and arrested 80 staff and leaders in Lahore. Over 20 have been arrested in Gujrat metropolis. Protests had been held in 38 cities of Punjab and the federal capital Islamabad,” a PTI spokesperson mentioned on Sunday.
In Lahore, police baton-charged protesters at GPO Chowk and Liberty Chowk.
“PTI leaders Mian Shahzad Farooq and Afzaal Azeem Pahat, who contested the election final month in opposition to Maryam Nawaz and her uncle Shehbaz Sharif, respectively, had been additionally arrested. Farooq had defeated Maryam however the Election Fee of Pakistan had modified the end result,” the spokesperson mentioned.
Aftab Bajwa, the previous bar secretary of the Supreme Court docket, was additionally arrested.
Movies of Khan’s supporters being dragged out of automobiles and crushed for displaying PTI flags had been doing the rounds on social media.
Punjab police mentioned they arrested these protesters who blocked the street.
The service of X, previously Twitter, additionally remained disrupted within the nation on Saturday and Sunday.
The disruption of various social media websites, significantly X, has develop into an order of the day after the controversy-marred polls.
The PTI has condemned the “brutal” police motion to cease the peaceable protest in opposition to the large rigging in elections and stealing the mandate of the folks to impose “the mandate thieves” on the nation.
PTI Central Punjab Basic Secretary Hammad Azhar mentioned: “Controversial and faux CM Maryam Nawaz has dedicated fascism by utilizing the State’s equipment in opposition to peaceable protesters.”
PTI spokesperson Raoof Hasan denounced the “fascist, coercive ways and the illegal use of State equipment” to disrupt the peaceable protest throughout the nation in opposition to the theft of the general public mandate.
“The nation is not going to relaxation until it reclaims stolen mandate from the thieves. The federal government of mandate thieves is unacceptable,” Hasan mentioned.
Hasan mentioned the folks got here in droves on the decision of their beloved chief Imran Khan to protest in opposition to ballot fraud, which proved that the mandate thieves rode to energy on the coattails of the stolen votes.
“The erection of unconstitutional obstacles and large police deployment in the best way of protesters clearly exhibits the extent of concern of the pretend authorities of mandate thieves.”
Hasan went on to say that the folks gave a transparent and big mandate to Khan, nonetheless, the clear majority was transformed right into a minority fraudulently by means of end result manipulation.
Hasan made it clear the PTI would strongly resist any try and impose the fraudsters on the nation.
“We is not going to settle for the pretend authorities fashioned based mostly on Kind 47 fraudulently ready by the ECP,” he mentioned.
He emphasised the way forward for Pakistan was linked with democracy and democratic values and norms.
Democracy can solely be introduced in Pakistan by giving folks the constitutional authority of decision-making, he mentioned.
“The folks of Pakistan is not going to relaxation till they snatch their mandate from the bandits, who robbed them of their vote at the hours of darkness of night time,” Hasan mentioned.
Most arrests passed off in Lahore the place newly elected Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz ordered a clamp down on the protesting PTI supporters.
“Police thras-hed and arrested 80 staff and leaders in Lahore. Over 20 have been arrested in Gujrat metropolis. Protests had been held in 38 cities of Punjab and the federal capital Islamabad,” a PTI spokesperson mentioned on Sunday.
In Lahore, police baton-charged protesters at GPO Chowk and Liberty Chowk.
“PTI leaders Mian Shahzad Farooq and Afzaal Azeem Pahat, who contested the election final month in opposition to Maryam Nawaz and her uncle Shehbaz Sharif, respectively, had been additionally arrested. Farooq had defeated Maryam however the Election Fee of Pakistan had modified the end result,” the spokesperson mentioned.
Aftab Bajwa, the previous bar secretary of the Supreme Court docket, was additionally arrested.
Movies of Khan’s supporters being dragged out of automobiles and crushed for displaying PTI flags had been doing the rounds on social media.
Punjab police mentioned they arrested these protesters who blocked the street.
The service of X, previously Twitter, additionally remained disrupted within the nation on Saturday and Sunday.
The disruption of various social media websites, significantly X, has develop into an order of the day after the controversy-marred polls.
The PTI has condemned the “brutal” police motion to cease the peaceable protest in opposition to the large rigging in elections and stealing the mandate of the folks to impose “the mandate thieves” on the nation.
PTI Central Punjab Basic Secretary Hammad Azhar mentioned: “Controversial and faux CM Maryam Nawaz has dedicated fascism by utilizing the State’s equipment in opposition to peaceable protesters.”
PTI spokesperson Raoof Hasan denounced the “fascist, coercive ways and the illegal use of State equipment” to disrupt the peaceable protest throughout the nation in opposition to the theft of the general public mandate.
“The nation is not going to relaxation until it reclaims stolen mandate from the thieves. The federal government of mandate thieves is unacceptable,” Hasan mentioned.
Hasan mentioned the folks got here in droves on the decision of their beloved chief Imran Khan to protest in opposition to ballot fraud, which proved that the mandate thieves rode to energy on the coattails of the stolen votes.
“The erection of unconstitutional obstacles and large police deployment in the best way of protesters clearly exhibits the extent of concern of the pretend authorities of mandate thieves.”
Hasan went on to say that the folks gave a transparent and big mandate to Khan, nonetheless, the clear majority was transformed right into a minority fraudulently by means of end result manipulation.
Hasan made it clear the PTI would strongly resist any try and impose the fraudsters on the nation.
“We is not going to settle for the pretend authorities fashioned based mostly on Kind 47 fraudulently ready by the ECP,” he mentioned.
He emphasised the way forward for Pakistan was linked with democracy and democratic values and norms.
Democracy can solely be introduced in Pakistan by giving folks the constitutional authority of decision-making, he mentioned.
“The folks of Pakistan is not going to relaxation till they snatch their mandate from the bandits, who robbed them of their vote at the hours of darkness of night time,” Hasan mentioned.
