{"id":26165,"date":"2024-02-17T10:22:50","date_gmt":"2024-02-17T05:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=26165"},"modified":"2024-02-17T10:22:50","modified_gmt":"2024-02-17T05:22:50","slug":"peaceful-protests-today-by-pti-in-response-to-rigging-in-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/latest-news\/peaceful-protests-today-by-pti-in-response-to-rigging-in-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cPeaceful Protests\u201d today by PTI in response to Rigging in Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is planning &#8220;peaceful protests&#8221; across the country to protest what it describes as &#8220;blatant rigging&#8221; of the national election on February 8.<\/p>\n<p>Read More:\u00a0<em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/pti-decides-to-sit-in-opposition-in-centre-punjab.html\">PTI Decides to Sit in Opposition in Centre &amp;#038; Punjab<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Imran Khan&#8217;s PTI has called for nationwide protests against the unprecedented, massive, and blatant manipulation of the 2024 General Elections, which resulted in the PTI losing a two-thirds majority in Parliament and 180 National Assembly seats,&#8221; the party stated on X. Protests are scheduled to begin at 2 PM at several venues around the nation, according to PTI.<\/p>\n<p><code><\/code><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Nation must come out for peaceful protests against rigging on<br \/>\nSaturday 17th Feb at 2:00 PM.<br \/>\nCentral Punjab Locations below:<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MandateThieves?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MandateThieves<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ybFG3Y0VIY\">pic.twitter.com\/ybFG3Y0VIY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PTI (@PTIofficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PTIofficial\/status\/1758526602189721841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, the Islamabad administration refused them permission to protest in front of the Islamabad Press Club, which put an end to their intentions.<\/p>\n<p>The PTI&#8217;s application was denied by the government, which argued that Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), which is in effect in the city, prohibited demonstrations.<\/p>\n<p>Read More:\u00a0<em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/uncategorized\/ptis-tayyaba-raja-released-from-kot-lakhpat-jail.html\">PTI&amp;#8217;s Tayyaba Raja Released from Kot Lakhpat Jail<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the administration has requested that the public abstain from attending any political events. It further stated, &#8220;Islamabad police should take action against those taking part in the protest demonstration.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>PTI&#8217;s claims were denied by the Pakistani Election Commission, which insisted that there were legal channels available to resolve any complaints pertaining to the election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is planning &#8220;peaceful protests&#8221; across the country to protest what it describes as &#8220;blatant rigging&#8221; of the national election on February 8. Read More:\u00a0PTI Decides to Sit in Opposition in Centre &amp;#038; Punjab &#8220;Imran Khan&#8217;s PTI has called for nationwide protests against the unprecedented, massive, and blatant manipulation of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":26167,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,21,2,147],"tags":[7261,194,11957,11959,11958],"class_list":["post-26165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-news","category-pakistan","category-politics","tag-pti-protest","tag-pti","tag-pti-protest-peacefull","tag-rigging-in-elections","tag-peaceful-protests"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}