The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) took out rallies in several cities ofthe country to protest against the ouster of former prime minister andparty chairman Imran Khan through a successful vote of no-confidence theprevious night.
Earlier in the day, Khan tweeted that today marked the beginning of a”freedom struggle” against what he called was a “foreign conspiracy ofregime change”. In an attempt to galvanise his supporters, he said “it isalways the people who protected their own sovereignty and democracy.”
PTI spokesperson Fawad Chaudhry had also called on the peoplelinktostage protests after Isha prayers while speaking to the media in Islamabadearlier in the day. He said that Khan not leading a massive movement wouldamount to a “betrayal with the country’s politics and Constitution”.
