Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has announced plans to kick off a street movement by welcoming Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi in Lahore. The event is set to take place at the Liberty Roundabout, as per reports from local media. PTI Punjab chief organiser Aliya Hamza Malik revealed that the movement is in line with instructions from PTI founder Imran Khan, urging PTI members in Lahore to gather at Liberty Roundabout to greet Afridi.
Aliya Hamza Malik emphasized the importance of PTI members contributing to the “restoration of constitution, law, and democracy” in Pakistan. She described the upcoming event as a significant moment, aiming to turn Lahore’s main boulevard into a march to support the release of Imran Khan. Imran Khan, who has been incarcerated since August 2023, is currently serving a 14-year prison term at Adiala jail in Rawalpindi for a £190 million corruption case.
Imran Khan’s wife, Bushra Bibi, is also serving a seven-year sentence in the same case. Recently, Imran Khan called for a nationwide protest and expressed his intention to challenge the court’s ruling in the Toshakhana-II case at the Islamabad High Court. The court had sentenced Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi to 17 years in prison in connection with the Toshakhana-II case, which involves the purchase of an expensive jewelry set gifted to Imran Khan by the Saudi Crown Prince at a nominal price during an official visit in May 2021.
The verdict was delivered by Judge Central Shahrukh Arjumand of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA)’s special court at Rawalpindi’s Adiala jail, where Imran Khan is detained. Imran Khan received a total sentence of 17 years, with 10 years of rigorous imprisonment under various sections of the Pakistan Penal Code and seven years under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
