ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has directed the authorities concerned not to allow the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to hold its “do-or-die” protest in the federal capital in violation of the newly enacted peaceful assembly law.
This verdict was announced after the IHC chief justice conducted a hearing of a petition filed by Advocate Rizwan Abbasi on behalf of a trader association president earlier today.
Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi also appeared in today’s hearing after being summoned by the court.
In a verdict issued following the hearing, IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq directed the authorities concerned to constitute a committee “to be headed preferably by the Minister for Interior or any other person to engage with the” PTI leadership, informing them of the sensitivity over the weekend due to visit of Belarus president.
The PTI party, led by imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan, plans to stage nationwide protests through late November, including a major rally in Islamabad on November 24.
The party demands the release of Imran Khan and seeks to address other grievances.
