Lahore: PTI protests against Orange Train, PIA privatization

Dunya News

PTI says govt to be brought to ground if didn't mend its ways, terms money spent on train as waste

LAHORE: (Dunya News) – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Saturday staged a protest in Lahore against Orange Line Metro Train project, privatization of Pakistan International Airline (PIA) and gas load shedding. PTI threatened that the government will be brought to ground if didn’t mend its ways. They termed the money spent on Orange Train project as waste, reported Dunya News.

In their protest at Cheering Cross in Lahore today, PTI workers under the leadership of Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar, Mian Mehmood ur-Rasheed and others raised slogans against the government. They said that the government is proving stubborn on the PIA privatization issue and Orange Train project is also depriving people of their homes.

Expressing solidarity with the PIA employees, PTI demanded abolition of Services Act and also demanded the government to set the petrol price at Rs. 40 per liter. The protesters said that Orange Train project is a project of Lahore’s destruction and is also damaging the historical sites.