LAHORE: The long march of former prime minister Imran Khan that is scheduled to begin on Friday from Lahore will proceed to the town of Shahdara on the outskirts of the provincial capital on the first day, according to the schedule shared by the party.
Khan announced on Tuesday he would begin the march with his supporters from Lahore to Islamabad on Friday to call for early elections.
Smaller protests by his supporters took place last week after the election tribunal found him guilty of “unlawfully selling” gifts from foreign dignitaries and heads of state, removing him from his seat in the National Assembly.
The protest will begin at 11:00 am from Liberty Chowk neighbourhood and the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman will deliver his last speech of the first day at Azadi Chowk near Minar-i-Pakistan.
لانگ مارچ پہلا دن 28 اکتوبر : لاہور. لبرٹی سے شروع کر کے فیروز پور روڈ سے اچھرہ،مزنگ، داتا دربار سے ہوتے ہوئے آزادی چوک. اگلے دن سے جی ٹی روڈ پر اسلام آباد کا سفر شروع ہو گا. پاکستان کی حقیقی آزادی کا وقت آ گیا ہے انشاءاللہ
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From Liberty Chowk, the march will then proceed to Kalma Chowk via Gulberg Main Boulevard. From there, the marchers will the following day begin their journey to Shahdara.
The party has directed its activists to launch a publicity campaign and install camps along the protest route.
Meanwhile, additional contingents of law enforcement personnel have been deployed in Islamabad to tackle the march.
“Steps being taken to implement a plan of blocking roads,” reports citing sources said. “Containers have already been brought at several points to block the roads and arrangements are being made to keep the cranes on standby to place more containers,” they said.
