While the PTI was preparing for a demonstration on Saturday in the Swabi district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to mark a year from the general elections of February 8, 2024, a prohibition of all meetings in Punjab, Baluchistan and Islamabad was imposed.
The PTI marks February 8 (today) as a “Black Day” on the first anniversary of last year’s elections, whose results were fogged by debates about inconsistencies.
While the party had also approached the deputy commissioner of Lahore and then to the Superior Court of Lahore (LHC) for permission to carry out an energy program in the minar-i-pakistan of the city, the court had denied its application. However, the chief organizer of Punjab de PTI, Aliya Hamza Malik, has ordered the party leaders to celebrate protest demonstrations.
According to the State Pakistan radioSection 144 has been imposed “in Islamabad, Punjab and Baluchistan”.
Section 144 is a legal provision of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CRPC) that allows district administrations to prohibit an assembly of four or more people in an area for a limited period.
“According to the notification, all meetings, processions, manifestations and sitting have been prohibited for the maintenance of the law and the order and protection of the lives and properties of people.” Pakistan radio reported.
However, it did not specify the reason or duration for which the prohibition has been imposed.
The PTI caravans of several cities of KP have directed Swabi, with PTI senior leader Taimur Salem Khan Jhagra among them. In a publication about X, he said: “I have two demands: Imran’s release, [and] Repairs for the injustice made to the public mandate. “
The former KP Minister said he was not interested in a designation or in any role, and added that he would not be part of a politician who “plays both parties.”
The PTI also has a live broadcast that is broadcast on its X account, which allegedly shows the followers gathering in the place for their swabi power show.
Section 144 in Punjab
A day ago, the Punjab government issued a notification that imposed section 144 throughout the province.
The notification said it had been reported that a political party had “announced protests/demonstrations in Punjab on February 8 and there is an apprehension that criminals/pranks can take advantage of such protest to carry out subversive/antistatal activities to fulfill their nefarious designs ”
The notification also declared that the Provincial Intelligence Committee, at its meeting on February 3, in the context of the current wave of terrorism incidents, had recommended imposing restrictions on all types of political assemblies, sitting, demonstrations and demonstrations to guarantee the Security Security. of people and facilities/buildings.
In Islamabad, the last time section 144 was in place was until January 19 at least, after an existing prohibition had spread for another two months on November 18 before the protest of the “Final call “From PTI.
Similarly, a prohibition of protests in Punjab was imposed at the same time, which had extended until November 28, 2024 at least.
In Baluchistan, section 144 was in force during a meeting organized by the Baloch Yekjehti (Byc) committee in the Dalbandin of the Chaghi district. The prohibition had also been imposed on December 30.
Separately, an organized sitting to protest the kidnapping of a 17-year-old girl in Khuzdar continued yesterday, leaving the National Queta-Karachi road blocked for a second consecutive day.
