LAHORE: Thousands of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf workers on Friday converged in Raiwind, the hometown of ruling family, to pressure the government for holding an inquiry into the offshore business interests of Pakistanis.
Senior political commentator Mazhar Abbas, who is covering the event for Geo News in Punjab’s power house, said thousands of people have gathered in Raiwind in response to Imran Khan’s call for a march in Raiwind.
He said the participants and the media was eagerly waiting for Khan’s address, in which he is expected to give “a response to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for aggression against Pakistan, which his Pakistani counterpart couldn’t”.
The former cricket hero, he said, would also give his followers a future course of action regarding the protest movement.
Mr Abbas said participation of women was disappointing as the party failed to draw big crowd of female workers unlike past.
Imtiaz Alam, a senior journalist, told Geo News that a large number of people travelled from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to attend the march, which he said rather looked like a charged political rally.
Caravans from Sindh, Balochistan, and other parts of the country are also said to have reached the venue of the rally. The Punjab government has announced to provide foolproof security to the PTI workers, citing security threats.
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