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Afridi Sets Minar-e-Pakistan Rally as Lahore Police Curb PTI Push

Authorities blocked entry points, filed a case and detained workers while the KP chief minister pressed a street campaign seeking Imran Khan’s release.

Overview

  • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi announced a PTI rally at Minar-e-Pakistan for 6 p.m. Sunday as part of a renewed street movement in Lahore.
  • Police sealed approaches to Liberty Roundabout on Friday night with pickets, preventing Afridi from delivering a planned address to supporters.
  • An FIR was lodged after a protest in Ghalib Market, with 13 arrests under Pakistan Penal Code sections 290 and 291 for public nuisance.
  • PTI leaders claimed more than 1,000 supporters were detained across Lahore and said vehicles were stopped en route, with Afridi also restricted from entering a cantonment area.
  • A scuffle at the Punjab Assembly saw journalists allegedly manhandled by security, and Afridi said he was denied jail visits to senior PTI figures, prompting visits to their families instead.