Summary "We will show them what real democracy is," Khan warned.
ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Saturday said yesterday’s rally in Rawalpindi was just a trailer, and final match will be played on November 2 in Islamabad.
Khan came out of his residence to meet PTI workers.
While addressing PTI workers outside his residence at Bani Gala, Khan said: “We are telling everyone to come in big groups.”
He asked the party supporters to make sure to avoid arrests.
“No one can now stop the massive sea of people that will sweep Islamabad,” he added.
He said Sharif family is the quintessence of corruption in Pakistan.
Vowing to go ahead with his plans of a lockdown of the federal capital on November 2, Khan said: "This is Nawaz Sharif‘s dictatorship, not a democracy... we will show Nawaz Sharif on Nov 2 what democracy is."
He asked the supporters, many of whom set up camps and spent the night near the PTI chairman‘s residence, about their comfort and directed his party managers to ensure their well being.
Municipal workers meanwhile used shipping containers to block major roads leading from Rawalpindi to Islamabad, where Khan has vowed to lead a demonstration on November 2 to demand Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif step down over revelations made in the Panama Papers that his family have offshore bank accounts.
‘KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA CUT OFF’
Shah Mehmood Qureshi, the Vice Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), claimed that the authorities have cut off Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from Punjab.
Peshawar-Islamabad motorway has been closed for traffic by police
“Closing of motorway and inter-provincial communication lines is against the law,” the PTI leader said.
He urged the hight court to take notice of these acts.
PTI leaders held meeting to discuss strategy at Bani Gala
Speaking to reporters, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister said: “Who gave them the orders to seal the roads to my province?”
This is our country and none can stop us from going anywhere, he added.
"It is our right to be in contact with the rest of the county. They think KP is not part of the rest of Pakistan."
RAWALPINDI CLASH
On Friday, police clashed with opposition party supporters in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, arresting dozens ahead of a planned protest by cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan aimed at unseating the government.
Police charged stone-throwing protesters with batons and fired tear gas at the supporters, who had come out onto the streets of Islamabad’s twin-city to demonstrate against arrests made the previous night after authorities banned all public gatherings in the capital for two months.
The judicial magistrate today ordered release of 25 PTI activists including Aijaz Khan Jazi.
A heavy contingent of police meanwhile has surrounded Khan’s house in Banni Gala, a leafy suburb of Islamabad, preventing him from leaving -- though he has not been formally arrested.
Dozens of Khan’s supporters are also present around the house, chanting anti-government slogans calling for Sharif to resign.
Nawaz Sharif is under growing pressure from opposition parties over his children’s offshore bank accounts, revealed in the Panama Papers leak.
The planned protest plan comes at a sensitive time for Sharif, with Pakistan’s Supreme Court due to start hearing a case about the Panama Papers revelations on November 1.
