LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senior Vice President Fawad Chaudhry said that party would start protest movement against incumbent government for failing to improve economy from today. 

Speaking to media outside PTI Chief Imran Khan’s residence at Zaman Park, he claimed that protest would continue until current government was sent packing. Imran Khan, he said, would join movement three weeks later. “PTI MNAs and MPAs will also lead movement in their constituencies,” he added.

He said that countrywide protest would be started against inflation and tanking economy. “A protest will be staged in Islamabad for release of Azam Swati on Monday,” he added. He alleged that judge who reserved verdict in Azam Swati’s case had been transferred.

کل سے پورے پاکستان میں مہنگائی اور معیشیت کی تباہی کیخلاف PTI ملک گیر احتجاج کا آغاز کرنے جارہی ہیں- 3 ہفتے بعد @ImranKhanPTI اس تحریک کو جوائن کریں گے۔@fawadchaudhry pic.twitter.com/AuVmfelnIa

— PTI (@PTIofficial) December 29, 2022

Fawad questioned whether Speaker National Assembly asked to verify resignations when he accepted resignations of 11 PTI MNAs. “PTI will pursue matter in Supreme Court as Speaker is delaying acceptance of resignations”, he added.

He said technocratic set-up would not work in country, adding that only solution to country’s woes is fresh election.

Earlier, PTI discussed possibility of dissolution of Punjab and KP assemblies besides other matters at session attended by senior party leaders and Senators. Besides briefing Imran Khan over proceedings in Senate, session also deliberated on matters pertaining to rejection of resignations of PTI MNAs by National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf and talks of installing technocratic set-up in country.

Published in The Daily National Courier, December, 30 2022

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