PTI denied permission for rally in Karachi on Sunday

KARACHI: The Karachi administration on Friday denied permission to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to hold a power show at Karachi’s Bagh-e-Jinnah on Sunday (April 28).

the provincial government informed the Sindh High Court (SHC) about terror threats in the city.

Additional Advocate General Sindh Rao Said Ullah told the SHC that there are threats of terrorism and the SSP East has also mentioned the threats in his report while an explosion in Malir has already occurred and there are more threats too.

On this, SHC Chief Justice Aqeel Ahmed Abbasi said that he was not happy with this report, factually, you people did not allow PTI to hold a public meeting and this is also the petitioner’s opinion.

On this occasion, the Chief Justice also asked the PTI lawyer that his party should also be careful, lest any incident happens and they put it in your account. The Chief Justice said even if the court make an order in your [PTI] favor, it will become a problem for you tomorrow so don’t be stubborn and wait for one more week. Later, the SHC Chief Justice adjourned the hearing till May 6.

Earlier in a report to District Commissioner, the Police also urged against giving permission to PTI to hold a public gathering as there are threats of a possible terrorist attack in the port city.

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Meanwhile Pakistan Teheek-e-Insaf (PTI) Sindh President Haleem Adil Sheikh said that the party’s public gathering in Karachi rescheduled for May 5.

In a statement, Haleem Adil Sheikh said that in the party’s political committee meeting, it was decided to reschedule the public gathering. He said that now the PTI’s public gathering would be held adjacent to the mausoleum of Quaid-e-Azam on May 5 instead of April 28.

The PTI Sindh president said that his party had approached the Deputy Commissioner East and sought permission for the gathering.

He said that upon refusal by the administration for a non-objection certificate, the PTI moved the Sindh High Court. Haleem Adil Sheikh said that their petition is fixed for a hearing on April 26.

The PTI had announced country-wide protest against what it called rigging in the elections and theft of its mandate in the general elections.