PTI protests against removal of its banners, posters

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) Lahore chapter on Thursday held a protest against the City District Government Lahore (CDGL) and the Punjab government for removing the party’s banners, posters and hoardings related to its October 30 public gathering at Minar-e-Pakistan. The protest was led by PTI Lahore President Mahmoodur Rashid. PTI local leaders and workers gathered outside the party’s Lahore office and shouted anti-Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) slogans. Mahmood said that the Punjab government was feeling threatened by the PTI’s October 30 public gathering and creating hurdles in its arrangement. He said that such non-cooperative attitude of the local administration will not deter people from supporting PTI Chairman Imran Khan. “There are many PML-N billboards in the city but the Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) does not dare to remove them, then why it is removing PTI’s billboards,” he added. The PTI Lahore president said that such tactics of the Punjab government will not demoralise PTI workers and the Punjab government should refrain from creating hurdles otherwise the party will approach courts.
‘Imran’s contacts with Salman Butt have ashamed the nation’: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Member of the National Assembly (MNA) Khawaja Asif said on Thursday that cricketer Salman Butt’s confession during the hearing of the match fixing case before the British Queen Jury that he was in touch with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan while bargaining the gambling amount with bookie Mazhar Majeed, has ashamed the whole nation.
During the hearing, when Salman was asked that whom was he talking to on the telephone while standing with cricketer Wahab Riaz, who was wearing a jacket given by Majeed, which carried thousands of pounds, he replied that he was consulting with Imran. Asif demanded that after admitting that he helped his former brother-in-law in gambling and Salman’s confession, a complete investigation should be conducted against Imran for promoting gambling in Pakistani cricket and given punishment according to law so that this menace could be eliminated from Pakistani cricket forever.