Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Imran Khan, on Monday arrived in Lahore to spearhead his party’s anti-government protest.
“There will be a peaceful protest and successful strike in Lahore coupled with our celebrations… There is no other way but protest against election rigging,” Khan spoke to media persons soon after his arrival in Lahore from Islamabad.
Workers from PTI have shut down major roads in Lahore in the latest round of protests against the government. Dozens of supporters from Imran Khan’s party gathered at different junctions of the city’s major roads and burnt tyres, forcing the suspension of public transport services.
Khan claims the 2013 general election was rigged and wants Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, whose power base lies in Lahore, to resign. Local and foreign observers, however, have rated the polls as credible.
Khan has vowed to paralyse major cities around the country as part of his efforts to topple Sharif’s government. The PTI chief has warned that he and his supporters will paralyse the country on December 18 if their demands are not met.
