Peshawar: PTI to stage sit-in against drone attacks today
PTI will stage a sit-in in Peshawar to block NATO supplies in protest aganst drone attacks.
PESHAWAR (Online): Stage is set for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) sit-in in Peshawar today (Saturday) in protest against US’s drone attacks on Pakistani soil.
Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) has confirmed its participation and would stand shoulder to shoulder with PTI against continued NATO supply and drone strikes.
In this regard political workers of different parties including Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) have arrived in Peshawar from various parts of the country to participate in sit-in.
The call of sit-in was given by PTI-led Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government against drone attacks and NATO supply.
According to the programme PTI activists from all over country will gather at Naran Garden in Hayatabad area on Saturday morning, commencing sit-in to register protest with the government against US’s drone attacks on Pakistani land and would continue till Sunday evening.
The provincial government has also finalized security plan for protest demonstration and traffic would also be suspended on different points of sit-in.
Transporters were directed to use alternate routes in order to perform routine work smoothly.
KP government would also deploy heavy police contingents to control law and order situation during sit-in.
