ISLAMABAD
\nAs part of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf\u2019s (PTI) \u2018Jail Bharo\u2019 Tehreek, the party announced on Sunday that its members in the federal capital will voluntarily give their arrests to the authorities next week.
\nThe announcement was made at a meeting of the PTI Islamabad Region Advisory Council, chaired by former MNA Ali Nawaz Awan.
\nHundreds of party members including Asad Umar, Awan and Raja Khurram Nawaz will present themselves for arrests in Islamabad.
\nAwan stated that if the police do not make arrests, the PTI members will stage a protest in front of the police station. \u201cWe are fighting for the future of Pakistan,\u201d said the PTI leader.
\nOn Friday, PTI Chairman Imran Khan had announced that the Jail Bharo Tehreek would start from Lahore next week in protest against economic instability and the alleged crackdown on party leaders and workers.
\n\u201cI am directing my party to start preparations for the launch of the movement on February 22, Wednesday,\u201d he said. \u201cWe will start the movement from Lahore, and then kick it off in all other major cities every other day and we will fill all the jails.\u201d
\nThe former prime minister had warned that after the Jail Bharo Tehreek, the country\u2019s rulers would find no place empty in prisons.
\nImran had said that the movement is in response to the government\u2019s roughshod tactics to muzzle the opposition party through \u201cpolitically motivated\u201d cases.
\nHe had pointed out that several party leaders in custody were tortured. \u201cShahbaz Gill was tortured, Azam Swati was stripped naked. Such actions have not been taken against political opponents in the past,\u201d he had said.
\n\u201cIf they desire to arrest us, we will fulfill it through the \u2018Jail Bharo Tehreek\u2019. \u201cDon\u2019t scare us with jails. When our movement starts, there will be no space left in jails,\u201d he had said. \u201cIt will break the idol of fear.\u201d
\nAccording to the details of the Jail Bharo Tehreek released by the PTI, arrests will be given in phases.
\nOn the first day of the movement, 200 workers and five leaders from Lahore and on the second day, 200 party workers and five leaders from Peshawar would take part in the movement.
\nDaily, the party leaders and workers from a city would present themselves for arrest. At least, 3,000 workers from major cities of Pakistan will participate in the movement.
\nThe movement\u2019s focal person Senator Ijaz Chaudhry told the party chief that he would personally review the preparations for the movement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD As part of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf\u2019s (PTI) \u2018Jail Bharo\u2019 Tehreek, the party announced on Sunday that its members in the federal capital will voluntarily give their arrests to the authorities next week. The announcement was made at a meeting of the PTI Islamabad Region Advisory Council, chaired by former MNA Ali Nawaz Awan. Hundreds of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-314720","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n