{"id":57445,"date":"2024-11-27T16:16:29","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T11:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=57445"},"modified":"2024-11-27T16:16:29","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T11:16:29","slug":"pti-sit-in-still-ongoing-gandapur-assures-party-workers-from-mansehra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/pti-sit-in-still-ongoing-gandapur-assures-party-workers-from-mansehra\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;PTI sit-in still ongoing&#8217;, Gandapur assures party workers from Mansehra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MANSHERA: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur on Wednesday assured his <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/multiple-injuries-deaths-reported-in-ptis-violent-protest\/\">party workers<\/a> that the sit-in is still ongoing, adding that\u00a0only party founder Imran Khan has the authority to call it off.<\/p>\n<p>In the wee hours of Wednesday, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) spokesperson announced a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/pti-calls-off-final-call-protest-following-late-night-operation\/\">temporary halt<\/a>&#8221; of a final call protest following a midnight crackdown by the law enforcers, which effectively dispersed the PTI workers from the D-Chowk, the site of the much-hyped protest.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing a press conference in Mansehra on Wednesday, Gandapur said &#8220;It is not necessary that every sit-in has people in it.&#8221; He alleged that the party has been subjected to systematic oppression, with baseless cases being registered against its members.<\/p>\n<p class=\"share_icon\">&#8220;Our party has faced coercion, and baseless cases have been registered against us. Our leader [Imran Khan] is in jail, and even his wife [Bushra Bibi] was imprisoned,&#8221; he added during a presser.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/orWs5qRqWlA?si=A8N-LO8ZIMrMQ5dz\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-175oi2r r-14gqq1x\">\n<p id=\"id__kuo9d3iz21\" class=\"css-146c3p1 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-37j5jr r-1inkyih r-rjixqe r-16dba41 r-bnwqim\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\" data-testid=\"tweetText\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">&#8220;Direct shots were fired, I and Bushra Bibi were also attacked,&#8221; Gandapur said, reiterating<\/span>\u00a0that PTI is a peaceful party and has consistently advocated for the supremacy of the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\" data-testid=\"tweetText\">Furthermore, the PTI leader alleged that PTI protestors were completely peaceful in Islamabad, but these pharaohs [government] oppressed us. &#8220;Several of our workers have been martyred, and hundreds have been injured. Why were we fired upon and subjected to violence when we remained peaceful?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\" data-testid=\"tweetText\">Moving on in his presser, the chief minister criticised the government, adding, &#8220;Whenever we announce a rally or procession, we are denied permission. Even the courts are not providing justice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The KP CM also revealed personal attacks against him during the protests. &#8220;I was personally targeted, there was an attempt to abduct me, and even a failed assassination attempt,&#8221; he claimed.<\/p>\n<p>He pledged to file an FIR for the violence against PTI workers and to hold those responsible accountable.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\" data-testid=\"tweetText\">He announced Rs10 million each for the PTI workers who died during the crossfire from security forces personnel at D-Chowk. The party would bear the cost for the injured workers, he added.<\/p>\n<h2>Omar Ayub condemns brutality<\/h2>\n<p>While addressing the party workers, the Opposition leader in the National Assembly Omar Ayub strongly condemned the state brutality and straight firing on PTI supporters during the Islamabad protest.<\/p>\n<div class=\"description\">\n<p>&#8220;We are subjected to violence, and yet, the cases are also filed against us,&#8221; he said while criticising the government.<\/p>\n<p>Senior PTI leader alleged, &#8220;We [PTI workers] rescued more than 60 Punjab police personnel and shifted them to safe places, we did not harm anyone but we were harmed a lot.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ayub praised the dedication of KP Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur, highlighting his efforts in ensuring food, medical aid, and transportation for PTI workers during the protests.<\/p>\n<p>He further expressed pride in the party&#8217;s leadership decisions, stating: &#8220;I take pride in the founder of PTI\u2019s decision to appoint Ali Amin as chief minister.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANSHERA: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur on Wednesday assured his party workers that the sit-in is still ongoing, adding that\u00a0only party founder Imran Khan has the authority to call it off. In the wee hours of Wednesday, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) spokesperson announced a &#8220;temporary halt&#8221; of a final call protest following [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":57452,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3453,7261,103,194],"class_list":["post-57445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-ali-amin-gandapur","tag-pti-protest","tag-imran-khan","tag-pti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57445","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\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57445"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57453,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57445\/revisions\/57453"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}