Imran Khan, the former prime minister and current head of the PTI, announced on Wednesday that the organization’s drive for “Haqeeqi Azaadi” (true freedom) would start on Saturday, September 24, and urged followers to be ready for his announcement.
Imran has repeatedly asked that a date for “fair and free” snap elections be given since being removed from power, stating that if not, he would protest the current administration in the streets.
In May, the PTI tried a long march to Islamabad, but the police cracked down and put an end to it. Imran reiterated his call for immediate elections last week, saying the PTI’s patience was running out.
He had anticipated making the election announcement before revealing his preparations for the last march on Islamabad.
In a speech given today at a lawyer’s convention in Lahore, he declared, “I will give a call and we will get our country emancipated in actual terms.”
Following the federal government’s claim that “some people were headed towards Islamabad to get their political demands accepted,” Imran increased security measures in the Red Zone areas of Islamabad.
The PTI leader reiterated his earlier remarks from his speech in Chakwal on Monday when he said that people who “issue threats from unknown numbers” should receive threats in return.
