Nawaz will be shown what democracy is on Nov 2: Imran Khan

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan addressed party workers outside his Bani Gala residence on Saturday telling them that under the present government they were living under a dictatorship not democracy.

In his brief address Imran said "We will show Nawaz Sharif on November 2 what democracy is." 

“What happened yesterday was net practice, the real match is left.” Khan said.

According to the PTI chairman, party workers were being arrested despite court orders. 

Before he walked back to his residence Imran Khan advised workers to prevent getting arrested.

Nawaz putting country at stake to protect corruption

Addressing workers during lunch time, Imran Khan said Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was putting the country at stake to protect his corruption.

Once again calling the prime minister a security risk, the PTI chief said Nawaz Sharif was scared of his corruption being caught.

“He (Nawaz) wants attention to be diverted from Panana Papers,” Imran said.

PTI leaders meet in Bani Gala 

PTI's top leadership met at Imran Khan's residence in Bani Gala. The meeting was held to chalk out a plan of action for the November 2 sit-in as the political situation in the capital became tense.

Jehangir Tareen, Aleem Khan, Naeem ul Haq and Shireen Mazari were in attendance. 

Protestors, police clash at Pakistan Chowk

Protestors and police clashed at Pakistan Chowk near the residence of Imran Khan in Bani Gala.

Protestors pelted police with stones and police in relation used tear gas to disperse the protestors.

On his Twitter account Imran Khan said the determination of workers increases with government crackdown. “Government is mistaken if it thinks it can make our workers waver through use of violence,” Khan tweeted. 

Khan alleged that the government was kidnapping and shelling PTI workers and this would ensure a huge human tsunami on November 2.

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PTI workers spend night at Bani Gala

Workers warm-up early morning at Bani Gala

PTI workers spent the night out in the cold in Bani Gala. In the morning they did warm-up exercise and began the search for breakfast.

They went ahead and asked their chairman for warm water and shampoo.

Watch video: PTI workers do warm-up exercise

The workers were served breakfast at Bani Gala where cooks made the meal in large cauldrons set up in the courtyard.

Earlier during the day, PTI workers clashed with police at Pakistan Chowk in Bani Gala —the residence of Imran Khan in Islamabad— as they gathered there time and again, and pelted stones at police. The law enforcers fired tear-gas shells to disperse the PTI workers, forcing them to take refuge in narrow alleys in the vicinity.

Police also baton-charged the protesters and apprehended a number of them. Officials said the arrested masses were PTI workers, who had arrived in Bani Gala from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

Normalcy returns to twin cities as PTI calls of warm-up rally

A motorcycle zooms past an empty street in Rawalpindi after containers have been removed

Normalcy returned to the twin-cities as Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf cancelled its warm-up rally on Saturday to avoid arrest of its workers.

In Islamabad, the rally was planned to take place from Bhara Kahu to Sector-I8. However, it was cancelled in view of avoiding arrests of party members. The PTI cheif has directed his workers to show their presence at Nov 2 sit-in

Speaking to Geo News, PTI chief said that he would wait for the Islamabad High Court's decision.   

Local administration removed containers in Rawalpindi from the road leading to Lal Haveli and Committee Chowk. Meanwhile the Islamabad metro bus service was restored.

Imran Khan says 'tsunami' on Nov 2 cannot be stopped

Speaking to journalists' outside his Bani Gala residence on Friday, Imran Khan vowed that his party’s planned Islamabad sit-in could not be stopped.  

In response to a question on if he would be going to Rawalpindi, Khan replied that his party’s target was November 2. "Wait for November 2; even 50,000 policemen will not be able to stop the tsunami." 

Khan who was confined to his Bani Gala residence throughout the day on Friday asked what law had he broken to almost be placed under house arrest.

Khan said the government was not following court orders. “I ask from the government of Nawaz Sharif that is this democracy or a monarchy. When there was an Islamabad High Court order to not block areas, why was the entire Bani Gala closed. Why was I almost placed under house arrest.”  

“I ask the judiciary why was I stopped from going to Sheikh Rasheed’s rally in Rawalpindi.”

'Time to rid country of corruption'

Speaking to media on Friday, PTI spokesman Naeemul Haq termed today as the 'darkest day' in political history of the country and said that a time had come to rid Pakistan of corruption.

"Even I was stopped from entering Imran Khan’s house," he said, alleging police of 'torturing and illegally' arresting PTI workers.

Reacting to musician Salman Ahmed's arrest, the PTI spokesman reminded that Ahmed was an ambassador of the United Nation’s for its anti-polio campaign.

Haq contended that the protest in Rawalpindi was in accordance with the Constitution of Pakistan and the government itself violated the Islamabad High Court’s orders barring illegal arrest of workers.