Marchers to reach Islamabad in third week of November
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) will resume its long march today (Thursday) evening from the attack site in Wazirabad, Gujranwala.
According to the party sources, the march will head to the federal capital in a coordinated manner and reach the twin cities in the third week of November. This was decided during a meeting of the party’s senior leadership led by PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday.
Others who attended included Senior Vice President Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Azam Swati, Shafqat Mehmood, Dr Yasmin Rashi, Omer Sarfaraz Cheema, Asad Umar, Fawad Chaudhry, Hammad Azhar, and Ali Zaidi. During the meeting, a motion reposing trust in Imran Khan was unanimously passed.
During the meeting, the resumption of the long march, its routes and other details were deliberated upon. It was decided to resume the march from the gun attack site in Wazirabad. Imran said that he will address the march at around 4:30pm today. After holding a large rally in Wazirabad, the convoy will head towards Rawalpindi.
Rallies from different parts of the country will meet up with the main convoy and gather in Rawalpindi in the third week of November. The single unified demand of the party is early elections. It will be demanded that the assemblies should be immediately dissolved in all four provinces and fresh elections are called.