US EditionPTI Pulls Off Karachi Rally Despite Challenges
Clashes erupted as police used shelling to disperse protesters and detained over 30 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf workers amid allegations of roadblocks by Sindh authorities.
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi is on a three-day Sindh visit and departed for a PTI power show at Bagh-e-Jinnah this evening with senior party leaders.
- In a statement on Saturday, Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon said the NOC was issued with conditions, and Afridi alleged roads were blocked, saying 'We were deliberately pushed onto deserted roads on our way back from Hyderabad to Karachi'.
- Clashes erupted at Mazar-e-Quaid's VIP gate and Numaish Chowrangi as police used shelling to disperse PTI workers, and footage shows protesters pelting a police vehicle near Bagh-e-Jinnah, Karachi.
- Police detained more than 30 PTI workers after clashes and shifted detainees into a prisoners' van, while Sindh Home Minister Zia-ul-Hassan Lanjar warned of strict action and police promised further steps against stone-pelters.
- The PTI spokesperson said the rally would proceed through different routes of Karachi and includes Salman Akram Raja and Haleem Adil Sheikh, while Sindh ministers offered chairs and people, accusing PTI of staging a drama.
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