ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) deferred its D-Chowk protest scheduled for October 15 in view of the two-day Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit that began on Tuesday, confirmed party chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan in a statement late Monday night.
The decision was taken by the PTI’s political committee in a meeting in which majority of participants called for withdrawing the protest call in view of the SCO Council of Heads of Government (CHG) meeting on October 15-16, sources told Geo News.
PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan said the decision was taken after Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi formally contacted his party to ensure medical examination of jailed party founder Imran Khan on Tuesday morning.
He added his party postponed its peaceful protest following Naqvi’s assurance. The PTI’s protest call drew much criticism from the federal government and its allies, as well as business and economic experts, urging the PTI leadership to reconsider and postpone their decision. –News Desk