- PTI protests against soaring prices of daily-use commodities
- Jahangir Tareen says Khan facing ‘threats from extremists’
The workers of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Friday held a rally in the capital against price hike in the country.
The PTI office bearers and workers took out the rally from Super Market to National Press Club (NPC). Participants of the demonstration led by MNA Nafeesa Khattak were carrying placards inscribed with slogans against the government and International Monetary Fund (IMF). They called for immediate measures to check the soaring prices of essential items.
Separately, through a letter forwarded to the Ministry of Interior, PTI protested against the withdrawal of their party chief Imran Khan’s security protocol.
PTI leader Jahangir Tareen stated that Khan was the chief of a political party and was facing ‘threats from extremists’.
The PTI leader termed the withdrawal of Khan’s security under the prevailing circumstances as worrying and requested the government to provide better security.
Earlier on Thursday, PTI claimed that Khan was receiving threats by militants after he criticized attacks on polio vaccination teams.