RAWALPINDI: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur has headed back to Peshawar as Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) protest at Rawalpindi “called off” after violent clashes with police near Liaquat Bagh.
The Gandapur-led convoy was stuck at the interchange hours due to closure of roads as the authorities have placed containers at Burhan Interchange in an attempt to thwart PTI’s protest.
Addressing the participants, the KP chief executive directed them to return back to Peshawar and castigated the government for not granting PTI its “constitutional right”.
He regretted that the police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at the protesters, vowing that they will come back with “all resources”.
“They [police] have set a precedent of firing bullets […] We also have guns,” he warned.
The firebrand politician noted that the allocated deadline for holding protest in Rawalpindi has ended.
However, Gandapur’s announcement drew strong opposition from the protesters as they refused to return back. The PTI workers chanted slogans against the KP chief minister and party leadership and surrounded their vehicles.
Earlier, clashes broke out between the PTI workers and police near Rawalpindi’s Liaquat Bagh ahead of its planned protest as the garrison city was put on high alert.
