Overview
- Deputy Commissioner East issued a conditional no-objection certificate for a Jan. 11 gathering at Bagh-e-Jinnah, barring anti-state or sectarian rhetoric.
- The permit obliges organisers to handle law and order and traffic, mandates an event cutoff time, and allows cancellation on security grounds.
- KP Chief Minister Sohail Afridi led large processions across Karachi before moving to Hyderabad, with police reporting heavy congestion but no major incidents.
- Sindh ministers welcomed Afridi and pledged facilitation of lawful political activity, while a scheduled meeting with CM Murad Ali Shah was canceled due to his commitments.
- PTI frames the rally as part of a broader street mobilisation ahead of Feb. 8 actions to relay Imran Khan’s message, as Afridi rejects ties to militant groups and calls for a joint anti-terror strategy.