PTI Chairman Imran Khan called off the party’s rally in Lahore in the wake of the Punjab government’s crackdown on participants that followed the imposition of Section 144 in the provincial capital.
The PTI had planned to take out a rally from Zaman Park to Data Darbar where Imran and other leaders were also expected to be in attendance.
The PTI, which had decided to kick off its election campaign today, had decided to dedicate the demonstration to the judiciary and postponed the launch of its canvassing drive until Saturday.
However, earlier in the day the Punjab government had imposed Section 144 in Lahore and had also arrested several PTI workers for violating the ban.
A notification issued by the home ministry said the ban was imposed on holding all kinds of assemblies, gatherings, sit-ins, rallies, processions, demonstrations, protests, and such like other activities across the district of Lahore to avert any untoward incident.