Pakistan's ex-PM Imran Khan directs party workers to gear up for ‘Haqeeqi Azadi March’

As per reports, PTI party workers have said that Imran Khan would announce the long march any time after October 9, the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad,

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday asked his party workers to prepare for another mega protest later this week to press for the dissolution of the National Assembly and announce fresh elections in the country.

Khan, the chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), made calls for the ‘Haqeeqi Azadi March’ (real freedom march) during a meeting held at his Bani Gala residence here.

Party workers said Khan would announce the long march any time after October 9, the birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad, according to the Express Tribune newspaper.

"This time the freedom march will be carried out with full preparation," the newspaper quoted Khan as saying. This will be Khan's second major rally, after the first one, known as the "Azadi Rally," which he had called on May 25, was abruptly called off at the last minute after his party workers arrived at the federal capital.

Khan said special instructions would be issued to his workers before the start of the march, as he called a meeting of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa parliamentary party in Peshawar on Tuesday, the report said.

While addressing a mega rally last month in Punjab’s Rahimyar Khan district, Khan said he would give the final call for anti-government protests when the time was ripe, asserting that it would come when he is assured that he can “take three wickets in one ball”.

“You remain prepared I will give you a [protest] call when my opponents believe that Imran Khan has given up and that day is not far,” he said, adding, “This time we will come with full preparation.”