Imran Khan's party announces historic rally to kickstart election campaign for Punjab polls
The Hindu
Starting from the cricketer-turned-politician's Zaman Park residence in the provincial capital, the election rally will end at Data Darbar
Former Prime Minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party has announced a "historic" rally here to formally launch the election campaign from Wednesday for the upcoming provincial elections in Punjab, media reports said.
Party chief Khan will lead the rally riding a bomb, and bulletproof vehicle, PTI leader Hammad Azhar said during a press conference on Monday, underlining a threat to the former Prime Minister's life, the Dawn newspaper reported on Monday.
Starting from the cricketer-turned-politician's Zaman Park residence in the provincial capital, the election rally will end at Data Darbar, Geo News reported.
“When that lion [Imran Khan] will leave Zaman Park on Wednesday, there will be historic scenes in Lahore. Future generations would read and see the pictures and videos of [this event]. They will understand this is how a nation becomes alive,” Mr. Azhar said.
The Punjab province will go to polls on April 30, President Arif Alvi announced last week, hours after the country's top electoral body wrote him a letter suggesting possible poll dates as directed by the Supreme Court. The announcement came two days after the apex court ruled that the elections to the Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) assemblies be held within the stipulated 90 days period.
The Punjab and KP assemblies were dissolved on January 14 and January 18 respectively, and under the law, the elections should be held within 90 days after their dissolution.
The announcement of the date was delayed due to wrangling between the main political parties, prompting the country's top court to take notice and order that elections should be held within time or after a slight delay.
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