The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leadership announced on Wednesday that the much-hyped protest in Islamabad, which began three days ago on November 24, has now been called off.
The announcement comes after the party’s protesters were dispersed from the Red Zone in Islamabad following a crackdown by law enforcers with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur and PTI founder Imran Khan’s wife Bushra Bibi taking to their heels, fleeing the protest site.
The PTI’s central media cell issued a press release on Wednesday, saying, “In light of the government’s brutality and plans to turn the federal capital into a slaughterhouse for unarmed citizens, we are announcing the temporary suspension of our peaceful protest.”
The former ruling party said that it would announce the future course of action in the light of guidance from party founder Imran Khan.
It said that the party’s political and core committees would analyse the details of the government’s brutality toward the citizens during the protest and later, the findings would be shared with the PTI founder.
