LONDON : Maryam Nawaz Sharif demanded the law enforcement agencies torelease the arrested Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement leaders.
Punjab Police arrested PTM leaders Ali Wazir, Bilawal Mandokhel, Muzammiland Ismat Shahjahan ahead of their rally in Lahore.
They had reached Lahore for a rally scheduled on Sunday. “Our Pashtunbrothers should be released and they should be allowed to stage theirprotests,” Maryam tweeted.
The administration has refused to grant permission to Pashtun TahaffuzMovement for its public gathering at Lahore’s Mochi Gate on Sunday.
The PTM’s request for holding a rally in Lahore on April 22 was rejecteddue to “prevailing security circumstances”, according to a letter.
Ali Wazir, a member of PTM, in a statement appealed the people of Lahore togather at Mochi Gate to learn about the ordeal Pashtuns were going throughin war-hit areas.
“We want to give details that don’t reach you due to media censorship,” thePTM member said.
Various civil rights groups, including Lahore Left Front, Joint ActionCommittee and Women Action Forum, have announced support for PTM’s event.
“We have informed the police that come what may we will hold Jalsa at MochiGate,” a member of Left Front told a private television channel.
He said the PTM has twice requested Lahore administration for permissionbut they denied.