After much deliberation, the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) has decided not to hold their much-hyped political gathering on April 19 at the famous Jinnah ground in Azizabad. The party will instead hold the rally at Shahrah-e-Pakistan, PTI leader Imran Ismail announced on Saturday.
Addressing a press conference, Imran Ismail said that the party’s core committee had decided not to hold the party’s rally at Jinnah ground, owing to administrative issues. He explained that the roads leading to Jinnah ground are narrow and crowded and the party wanted “to avoid any mishap”.
Ismail rejected the rumours that PTI received any threats after which it decided to change the venue of political gathering. He further said, “We don’t need the help of Muttahida Qaumi Movement, PTI will conduct this rally on its own.”
It is still not confirm that the rally will be held at Shahrah-e-Pakistan, since PTI has not received the official permission for it yet. However, the PTI candidate for NA-246 said he is hopeful that they will soon be granted official permission to hold rally on the boulevard.
The by-polls in NA-246, scheduled to be held on April 23, are expected to be a three-way contest between PTI’s Imran Ismail, MQM’s Kanwar Naveed Jamil and Jamaat-e-Islami’s (JI’s) Rashid Naseem.
