PTI workers gather at Mazar-i-Quaid await CM Afridi’s arrival

Hundreds of PTI workers and supporters have gathered at the Mazar-i-Quaid in Karachi as they await the arrival of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi, whose convoy the party claims has been stalled by road blockades and enthusiastic supporters along the way. 

Chief Minister KP Sohail Afridi’s convoy is moving towards Nhamshid Chowrangi from Baldia Town. The Sindh government has permitted the PTI to hold a rally at Bagh-i-Jinnah. However, the PTI, citing a delay in receiving the permit, earlier announced it would organise the gathering at one of the gates of Mazar-i-Quaid. The rally has been planned as part of the KP CM’s four-day visit to Sindh, who is leading his party’s street mobilisation movement.

PTI Sindh President Haleem Adil Sheikh claimed that CM Afridi’s convoy was facing delays “due to obstructions at various places, and the public’s affection, welcomes and responses at numerous places”. At around 9pm, Sheikh said the KP CM would reach the venue in five minutes, and lashed out at the Sindh police and government for their actions.