PTI, TTAP urge nation to participate in Feb 8 protest

ISLAMABAD – The leadership of the PTI and the Tehreek Tahafuz Ayeen-i-Pakistan (TTAP) on Thursday urged the nation to join the nationwide shutter-down strike on February 8 (Sunday)

The announcement came during a meeting of PTI’s joint parliamentary committee held at Khyber Pakhtunkhwa House in Islamabad. The closed-door session was attended by senior political leaders, including Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi, TTAP chief Mahmood Khan Achakzai, PTI Secretary General Salman Akram Raja, and PTI stalwarts Asad Qaiser and Taimoor Saleem Jhagra and others

In a statement issued after a meeting of its joint parliamentary party, the PTI said the protests would continue until what it called the restoration of the public mandate and the protection of democratic and political rights

According to the statement, the meeting reviewed the country’s overall political, security and provincial situation, strongly condemned recent militant attacks in Balochistan, and expressed grief over the deaths of security personnel and civilians.

Participants reaffirmed their resolve for national unity in the fight against militancy.

The parliamentary party also expressed “serious concern” over the health of PTI founder and former prime minister Imran Khan, demanding that he be provided immediate and complete medical facilities and be allowed meetings without delay.