The activists and supporters of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Tuesday staged protests outside the offices of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in multiple cities.
The ubiquitous protests were against the prejudiced approach of the electoral body towards the party.
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The political party staged a demonstration outside ECP’s headquarters in Islamabad which was attended by PTI leader including Shibli Faraz and former interior minister Sheikh Rashid.
The protesters chanted slogans against ECP and demanded the election body to initiate the process of de-seating PTI dissenters. They also chanted slogans against the chief election commissioner.
Islamabad administration had imposed Section 144 in federal capital’s Red Zone to avoid any untoward incident.
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Similarly, PTI also staged protests outside electoral body’s offices in different cities including Karachi, Lahore, Quetta, Peshawar, Multan, Hyderabad, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad etc.
The protest outside the ECP office in Karachi was attended by the Opposition Leader in the Sindh Assembly, Haleem Adil Sheikh and other party leaders, including Firdous Shamim Naqvi, Bilal Ghaffar, Aftab Siddiqui, Raja Azhar and Saifur Rehman.
Notably, ECP has summoned PTI dissenters, who crossed the floor in the election of Punjab chief minister and voted for Hamza Shehbaz against the party guideline, on May 06.
