PTI ends Islamabad sit-in staged after KP CM, Imran's sisters stopped from meeting ex-premier at Adiala jail
ISLAMABAD: The PTI early on Wednesday ended a sit-in at Chungi No. 26 in Islamabad after Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi and the sisters of ex-premier Imran Khan were stopped from reaching Adiala jail to meet the incarcerated party founder. On Tuesday, a caravan led by CM Afridi, which was on its way to Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail to meet Imran, was stopped from entering Islamabad, prompting the participants to stage a sit-in at the intersection of Srinagar Highway and G.T. Road — locally referred to as Chungi No. 26. CM Afridi, along with his entire provincial cabinet and national and provincial lawmakers, was stopped by the Islamabad police en route to jail after exiting the M-1 motorway. Imran’s sisters were also part of the caravan, which was told that it could not proceed towards the federal capital because Section 144, which restricts gatherings, was in place. However, the sit-in was called off early on Wednesday as the party accused the police of heavy-handedness. Special assistant to the KP chief minister on information and public relations, Shafi Jan, said on the social media platform X, “Chungi No. 26 has been reopened after the worst violence, bullets and baton-charge.” He said that CM Afridi and Imran’s sister Aleema would address a press conference in this regard later at 2pm on Wednesday. In a video posted by the PTI on X, CM Afridi said that the world was witness to the brutality of the state with provincial lawmakers and a provincial chief executive. He reiterated that a press conference would be held at KP House at 2pm on Wednesday. A video shared by the party’s Punjab chapter showed CM Afridi attempting to make his way through a crowd as police officers wielded batons in the background. In a separate post, it said that “peaceful workers were...
Original source: Dawn Pakistan