ISLAMABAD, Nov 12 (EW): The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) Haqeeqi Azadi March will resume from Lala Musa and Jhang today, party leader Musarrat Cheema said on Saturday.
Musarrat said Lala Musa was the last pit stop, adding that a second procession will march from Jhang, under the leadership of PTI Secretary General Asad Umar.
She said that besides the two main processions, caravans of party supporters were also heading towards the federal capital from across the country under the leadership of party’s central figures.
“Everyone will reach Rawalpindi together, God willing,” she added.
In a tweet, PTI Vice Chairperson Shah Mehmood Qureshi – leading the procession at Lala Musa – said he believed that not only will “our movement for ‘real freedom’ be successful, but Imran Khan will also soon become the country’s prime minister again”.
“Salute to the passion and spirit of the people of Gujarat,” he tweeted, adding that the next stop will be Lala Musa.
Asad reaches Jhang
Separately, PTI leader Asad Umar reached Jhang earlier today, where he received a warm welcome by a crowd of supporters.
Addressing the participants in Jhang, Asad said that “Haqeeqi Azadi was not just Imran Khan’s war” but that the “people of the country are also an equal part of it”. He urged the PTI supporters to stand by their party leader.
The march
The PTI long march resumed on Thursday, a week after the assassination attempt on Imran Khan that had earlier brought the march to a halt. The march was split in two processions.
The first continued from Wazirabad, the site of the attack on Imran, and was led by PTI Vice Chairperson Shah Mehmood Qureshi. The second rally departed from Toba Tek Singh a day later, led by Asad Umar.
