‘absolutely not’
News regarding the agreement is ‘completely false and untrue’, says Gill
ONLINE
SLAMABAD
Former Prime Minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday rejected media reports of his party’s alleged deal with PML-N led coalition government and said “absolutely not” to any such prospects.
“Rumors and deliberate disinformation that a deal has been done. Absolutely not!” wrote PTI Chairman in his tweet on Wednesday noon, as he led a convoy of his workers from Swabi to Islamabad.
“We are moving towards Islamabad and no question of any deal. We will remain in Islamabad till announcement of dates for dissolution of assemblies and elections are given. Calling all people of Islamabad and Pindi to join,” the PTI chairman wrote.
On the other hand, Federal Minister for information and broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb also denied reports of any negotiations with the PTI leadership.
“No deal between federal government and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. The news of any settlement between the two are baseless. No deal has been struck with armed group who shot down a policeman,” Marriyum Aurangzeb wrote on twitter.
Earlier, political tensions in Punjab and federal capital Islamabad were sky-rocketing Wednesday as the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) workers left for Islamabad to attend the much anticipated long march, while the government adopted violent, stern strategy to contain them.
The PTI is marching towards Islamabad from all across the country to put pressure on PML-N led coalition government, demanding immediate, ‘free and fair’ elections.
PTI Chairman and former Prime Minister Imran Khan, who left for Islamabad from Peshawar along with a massive, charged crowd of party workers, has been demanding free and fair elections abruptly to get rid of what he calls “imported government”.
The government on the other hand is in aggressive mood, as the Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, interior minister and other members of federal cabinet have expressed on several times that no one will be allowed to “take law into their own hands,” adding that PTI long march will be stopped at any cost.
There were large containers on the main highways and entry points of Islamabad Wednesday morning, causing massive trouble for daily commuters and residents of twin cities. The hurdles have apparently been installed to bar PTI workers from moving freely, or entering to the federal capital.
Clashes have been taking place between PTI workers and the police throughout the day, causing injuries to many. The PTI chairman Imran Khan exhorted his supporters a day earlier (Monday) to embark on their march for “true freedom” towards Islamabad, just a day after the government said it would not allow the march. In response, Imran called on the youth to remove the obstacles themselves.
On Wednesday noon, Imran Khan had arrived at the Wali Interchange in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by helicopter. Footage of Imran arriving at the interchange showed PTI activists converging on the chopper.
On the other hand, other party leaders departed from their respective locations, with Hammad Azhar, Yasmin Rashid and some others from Lahore, while Shahid Khattak departed from Karak. PTI’s Fayyazul Hasan Chohan could be seen on television footage departing for Islamabad on a motorcycle.
