PTI women wing puzzled over participation in Peshawar rally: sources
Ruling party's women politicians had lambasted PTI chief in a press conference
PESHAWAR (Dunya News) – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) women wing is reportedly puzzled over participation in rally on May 9 after supporters were wronged in Lahore, Dunya News reported Saturday.
Sources privy to the party said that women wing is yet to take a decision about taking part in Peshawar rally.
Women members of National Assembly (NA) have demanded political parties to ensure protection of participants in rallies.
Several women participants were treated indecently as they exited the venue after PTI chief Imran Khan’s address on the Mall last Sunday. Dunya News, as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) made pictures of over five persons public using CCTV footages after the incident.
Ruling party’s women politicians had lambasted PTI chief in a press conference that was held earlier this week.
They criticised Khan for eyeing leadership of the country when he could not control situation in a rally. On the other hand, PTI’s women politicians held a counter-press conference and stated that such a case never surfaced prior to rally in Lahore, PML-N’s centre.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf launched a first information report (FIR) against unidentified culprits while the government lodged a case at Civil Lines Police Station.
The party postponed its Faisalabad rally in wake of the incident.
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Law Minister Rana Sanaullah had vowed that law enforcement agencies would apprehend criminals using CCTV footages however, no arrest has been made so far nearly a week after the incident.
PTI chief had had denounced Punjab Police for not being able to deliver. He said that the party does not trust Punjab Police with security anymore. The party would rally in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as it could rely on police there, he added.
The party announced rallies in Peshawar on May 9 and in Bannu on May 11. It should be noted here that Imran Khan is going to address a rally in Bannu after Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif delivered a rather aggressive speech there this week.
