PTI stages protest for Imran's release
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Sindh staged a protest demonstration and rally outside the City Court Karachi, calling for the immediate release of Imran Khan and wife, Bushra Bibi. A large number of PTI leaders, lawyers, workers, and people participated in the demonstration. Protesters carried banners and chanted slogans in support of the detained leaders, demanding immediate release of Imran Khan and other party leaders and workers.
PTI Sindh President Haleem Adil Sheikh said that the supremacy of the Constitution and the rule of law have been dismantled. "Form-47 governments, imposed through rigged elections, have pushed the country to the brink," he claimed. "Imran Khan and Bushra Bibi have been jailed in false cases, and the doors of justice have been shut. Judges go on leave when it is time to deliver justice. Today again, the judge scheduled to hear the Al-Qadir Trust case went on leave," he said, alleging a conspiracy to deny Khan justice.
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