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The Federal government imposed section 144 across Punjab, Balochistan, and Islamabad as the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) geared up for a rally on Saturday in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s(KPK) Swabi district to mark a year since the Feb 8, 2024 general elections.
As per details, today, the PTI is marking February 8 (today) as a “black day” on the first anniversary of last year’s elections. In the response of PTI led rallies in (KPK) the resultant imposition of section 144 across Punjab, Balochistan, and Islamabad.
However, the party had also approached the Lahore deputy commissioner and later the Lahore High Court (LHC) for permission to hold a power show at the city’s Minar-i-Pakistan but the court had denied its request.
PTI’s Punjab chief organiser, Aliya Hamza Malik, has called the part leaders to hold protest and demonstrations.
Radio Pakistan reported.” According to the notification, all gatherings, processions, rallies and sit-ins have been prohibited for maintenance of law and order and protection of lives and properties of the people,”
It, however, did not specify the reason or the duration for which the ban has been imposed.
