The PTI Saturday changed the venue of its public gathering from CTI ground — a property of the Christian community — to VIP Ground in Sialkot after the community lodged a protest as the party had not taken prior permission from them for the rally.
The police had early in the morning launched a crackdown on the PTI’s activists and got the rally venue vacated after they tried to hold a public meeting at the CTI ground, a property of the Christian community, without their consent.
The district administration of Sialkot had also a day back rejected PTI’s request for holding a rally at the CTI ground after the Christian community raised objections over the meeting at their property.
In a series of tweets, PTI Chairman Imran Khan confirmed that he will be addressing the Sialkot jalsa and said the administration’s actions against party leaders were “outrageous, but not unexpected”.
“This bunch of criminals out on bail and their convict mafia boss in London have always used fascist tactics against opponents,” the ousted prime minister said.
The PTI chairman has held a series of jalsas in different cities, including Karachi, Mianwali, Lahore, and Peshawar, as he rallies his party workers and leaders against the government ahead of the Islamabad march.
Khan accused the government of using and abusing democracy when they are in the Opposition and claimed they totally destroy all democratic norms when in power.