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LAHORE: The leaders of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) have claimed that the nation is going to take historic decision through their historic Long March, which is scheduled to start after today’s Friday prayers.

PTI leaders Asad Umar, Fawad Chaudhry, and others made this claim during the course of a press conference they held here on Friday.

Asad Umar challenged the present government in Islamabad, saying they could resort to whatever they like, including the one of hanging upside down, but the nation would decide whether decisions about their future would be taken behind closed door or public mandate would be respected.

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Elaborating the route of, what he called, “Haqeeqi Azadi’ march, he said not only people from all walks of life but women in large number would also participate in the Long March. He said by tomorrow morning, convoys would be taken out from Shahdra (Lahore) tomorrow, and would reach Gujranwala on Suday.

Speaking on this occasion, Fawad Chaudhry announced that PTI wanted to dedicate today (Friday) to the slain journalist Arshad Chaudhry – who was killed in Kenya.

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He also condemned the arrest of senior anchorperson Chaudhry Ghulam Hussain – the journalist who was arrested last night – adding that earlier Azam Swati and Shahbaz Gill were arrested and tortured brutally.

Fawad Chaudhry also said that Arshad Sharif appealed to the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) to take notice of this brutality. “If the SC had taken notice Arshad would have been alive.”

Referring to some reported defections within PTI from southern Punjab, Fawad Chaudhry said anyone quitting the party would be committing political suicide.