Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) on Monday submitted an application to the deputy commissioner Lahore, seeking permission for the public gathering at the city’s Shalimar Chowk on April 19, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.

Mian Shahzad Farooq, who was a PTI-backed independent candidate from NA-119, Lahore in the general elections held on February 8, submitted the application.

Later speaking to the media, Farooq said that the PTI’s rally at the Shalimar Chowk on April 19 would be a historic one. “Senior party leaders will address the gathering,” he said.

The PTI leader expressed the hope that the party would again win the seat it had won on February 8 in the by-election to be held in a Lahore constituency on April 21. “We will defeat those who were declared winners on Form-47,” Farooq said while referring to the election results that were announced on February 9, a day after the general elections, and in which the PML-N candidates were declared elected.  

Reporter: Usman Khadim Kamboh