The workers of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and those of Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) were divided into two factions before the reception of the long march in Gujrat, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Friday.
The PML-Q workers removed the boards displaying the pictures of PTI MPA Saleem Sarwar Jaura and replaced them with the boards displaying the pictures of Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi and Chaudhry Moonis Elahi.
The boards with photos of PTI MPA Salim Sarwar Jaura had been displayed from Ramtalai Road to Service Morr, including at the entrance of the city. Only a few boards with the pictures of PTI MPA Salim Sarwar Jaura were spared by the PML-Q workers.
It is to be noted here that the long march of the PTI will arrive in Gujarat on Friday (today).
According to the party sources, the long march will be welcomed at Chenab Bridge and Ramtalai Chowk.
Senior PTI leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi will lead the long march.
The workers of the PTI and those of the PML-Q will welcome the long march at separate points.
The PML-Q workers will welcome the long march at Ramtalai Chowk while the PTI workers will welcome it at GTS Chowk.
PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s video link address will be played on a big screen at the GTS Chowk.
Home Dept asks for route plan of PTI’s long march
The Punjab Home Department Friday contacted the leadership of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and asked for the route plan of the long march in Rawalpindi and Jhelum, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
The home department wrote a letter to the PTI leadership and asked for the route plan after the security measures were not followed.
The Gujrat commissioner also contacted the organisers of the long march and asked them to deliver speeches while standing behind a bulletproof glass.
The PTI, however, provided the route plan of the long march neither to the Home Department nor to the commissioners of Rawalpindi and Gujarat.
“The security guidelines of the Home Department are not being followed in long march,” the Home Department said.
Reporters: Rana Shahzad and Qaiser Khokhar