PTI Calls for Nationwide Protests in Pakistan Following Assassination Attempt on Former Prime Minister Imran Jan

Nov. 4 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) party has called for nationwide demonstrations this Friday after the assassination attempt on former Prime Minister Imran Jan, who was shot on Thursday during a protest, and has stressed that the mobilizations will continue until ” demands are met” of their leader, who demands early elections.

“Today, after Friday prayers, there will be protests throughout the country,” said Asad Umar, a senior PTI official, through his Twitter account. “Until Imran Jan’s demands are met, nationwide protests will continue,” he stressed.

The former Information Minister and senior PTI official Fauad Chaudhri has expressed himself along these lines, stating that “the PTI has called a national strike after Friday prayers” and added that “all Pakistanis should participate in this protest” .

Jan was injured after being shot several times in the leg during an anti-government protest in the Punjab region (southeast), an event that left one dead and seven injured, including senior members of the PTI. The suspect was arrested and confessed his responsibility, arguing that the former prime minister “misleads” the population.

Punjab’s Education Minister, Murad Raas, has assured after meeting with the politician at the Shaukat Janum hospital, where he underwent surgery on Thursday, that “his health is much better.” “Let’s see what the doctors recommend to Imran Jan,” he said, as reported by the Pakistani television network Geo TV.

The preliminary investigations of the Police indicate that the attacker used a pistol, after the agents have recovered about eleven shell casings at the scene of the assassination attempt. The Police is also investigating several relatives who have been arrested, although the first information suggests that they were not aware of the assassination plans.

The event took place after Jan called a “long march” to achieve “real freedom”, as part of his dispute with the current prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, whom he calls for early elections. Jan, who became the first Pakistani leader to be impeached in a no-confidence motion in April, was disqualified in late October by the electoral commission for failing to declare money from the sale of gifts and gifts received from international leaders. when he was in charge of the government.

His departure from office was followed by growing political tension marked by turncoat scandals and massive protests for and against the prime minister, denounced by the opposition alliance of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (MDP) as a “puppet” of the Army. The Armed Forces are considered the most powerful establishment in Pakistan since its independence from the British Raj in 1947.