Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur, Bushra Bibi, wife of former prime minister and PTI founder Imran Khan, and Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Omar Ayub Khan, who had fled from D-Chowk, Islamabad late Tuesday night following a massive crackdown by the law-enforcement agencies on the PTI protestors, have now reached Mansehra where Gandapur will address an emergency press conference at Insaf Secretariat at 11:00 AM today, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Wednesday.
Sources in the PTI told 24News TV channel that Gandapur, Bushra and Omar Ayub were currently present at the residence of KP Assembly Speaker Babar Salim Swati.
Bushra Bibi and KP Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur fled from Islamabad’s D-Chowk around Tuesday midnight, sources said.
They said the two PTI leaders fled together from the party's much-touted protest point. The sources added nothing could be said about how and where they fled.
The Pakistan Rangers cleared D-Chowk of the protesters. The law enforcers launched the operation after the authorities ruled out talks with the miscreants.
Earlier, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi told the media that the government would not hold talks with the protesting Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in any case.
Talking to the media after PTI supporters reached D-Chowk in large numbers despite the deployment of heavy contingents of police, Rangers and the army, Naqvi blamed the former first lady Bushra Bibi for all the chaos in the federal capital.
He said that Bushra Bibi was responsible for all the losses caused by the protests. He said that he would give details of all the losses.
Naqvi said these people claimed they were coming for a peaceful protest and everyone saw how peaceful they have been. He said that three Rangers personnel and a policeman were martyred during the protest and PTI’s social media spread the news that they were hit by their own vehicle.
Reporter: Syed Noman Shah