Imran Khan directs CM KP to retreat to Swabi, resume march in afternoon
Khan expressed resentment over brutal act of Punjab police for using lethal and expired tear gas.
ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) caravan supervised by Chief Minsiter of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Pervez Khattak has moved back to Swabi on the directives of party chief Imran Khan.
Police firing tear gas clashed on Monday night with thousands of PTI supporters travelling from Swabi towards Islamabad, where their leader Imran Khan has vowed to stage a million-strong demonstration on November 2.
The clashes took place on the Peshawar-Islamabad motorway, more than 50 kilometres (30 miles) from the capital, as around 5,000 stick-wielding party workers tried to remove barricades put in place by police.
After monitoring the escalating tensions between police and entourage, PTI chief Imran Khan took to the Twitter and directed the minister to retreat to Swabi.
1. Given brutal use of tear gas by Punjab police, I asked Parvez Khattak to retreat to Swabi, regroup, rest, get reinforcements
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) November 1, 2016
The leader also appreciated determination of Pervez Khattak and ordered him to resume the campaign in afternoon.
2. Before resuming mission to get to Bani Gala by afternoon. I salute P Khattak & PTI KP for their courage, resilience & sheer guts.
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) November 1, 2016
He also expressed resentment over the brutal act of Punjab police for using lethal and expired tear gas.
3. They confronted Punjab police s brutality and use of lethal expired tear gas.
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) November 1, 2016
On the other hand, hundreds of PTI workers from across the country have been arrested including in the capital, where a ban on protests was invoked last week.
Authorities in the central province of Punjab have also closed a motorway using shipping containers, as police and paramilitary forces stand guard around the highway.
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"One million people will come out in Islamabad day after tomorrow. The whole of Pakistan is watching to see whether these police whose salaries are paid by us are really police or the personal guards of the Sharif family," Khan said.
Khan’s latest challenge to Sharif’s government is based on leaked documents from the Panama-based Mossack Fonseca law firm that appear to show the prime minister’s daughter and two sons owned offshore holding companies registered in the British Virgin Islands and used them to buy properties in London.
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