LAHORE -UNS: As PTI Chairman Imran Khan reached a Lahore Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Saturday to secure interim bail in three terrorism cases, he told reporters that a “reaction” to the “atrocities done to the PTI” would come from the public today at the party’s Minar-i-Pakistan rally and urged supporters not to back off “under any circumstance”.
Talking to the media outside the court while sitting in his vehicle, Imran said a public “reaction would come today to whatever method they (the government) will use”.
“We will not back off under any circumstance,” the former premier vowed.
He further asserted, “I am saying today, that they (the government) will see the largest rally at Minar-i-Pakistan in the country’s history.”
The PTI chief went on to claim, “1,600 workers of ours have been taken away only because they want to fill our Minar-i-Pakistan rally today.”
Comparing the “current atrocities done to PTI” to those committed in India Illegally-Occupied Jammu and Kashmir and Palestine, Imran castigated the government for “using every method to crush the PTI” and for “torturing and picking up people”.
He further said, “Atrocities are being committed but this is a fight and a jihad for haqeeqi azaadi (real freedom) [so] sacrifices will need to be given. I am also ready for this and my entire team is ready as well.”
ATC grants bail in 3 cases
Today, the Lahore ATC granted Imran interim bail till April 4 in three cases filed at the Lahore Race Course police station — two of which were on March 14 and March 15 — relating to the clashes that took place between PTI supporters and the police outside the PTI chief’s Zaman Park residence.
ATC judge Ejaz Ahmad Buttar heard the plea today while Barrister Salman Safdar appeared in the court as Imran’s counsel.
During today’s hearing, Imran said, “I want to be included in the investigation. There is a risk of [my] arrest.” He also filed a separate plea seeking permission for his car to be allowed within the court premises.
Containers placed in Lahore ahead of PTI rally
Shipping containers have been placed at various locations in Lahore ahead of the PTI’s rally at the Minar-i-Pakistan tonight, where party chairman Imran Khan intends to outline his “vision of Haqeeqi Azadi”.
