Former Pakistan Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan, along with other party workers, late on Wednesday reached Islamabad.
PTI workers and supporters made their way towards the federal capital, pushing aside containers and braving tear gas shelling, local media reported.
A large number of party workers and supporters were present at Islamabad toll plaza to welcome their leader, Express Tribune.
PTI leader Faisal Javed Khan, taking to Twitter, said that Imran Khan’s caravan had entered the federal capital.
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“This caravan has not entered Islamabad but into a naya (new) Pakistan,” he wrote, adding that they will earn “real independence” now.
“The workers present at D-Chowk wait for me I am bringing a sea of people there,” Khan announced atop his container, Express Tribune reported.
Khan earlier in the evening said that his long march had entered Punjab and heading towards Islamabad.
“No amount of state oppression and fascism by this imported govt can stop or deter our march,” the former premier wrote on his official Twitter handle.
The ‘long march’ or agitation was called by Imran Khan, who was ousted as the Prime Minister of Pakistan in April. Khan had urged his supporters to gather at Islamabad’s D-Chowk for a peaceful protest rally to demand fresh elections.
Omar Ayub Khan, a minister in the Imran Khan government, was part of a rally in Punjab district.
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader sustained bruises on his body and head. Taking to Twitter, Omar Ayub Khan wrote: Do whatever you want, but you can’t stop us. The Punjab Police fired tear gas shells at us while we were clearing the Burhan Bridge. They threw stones, lathi charged us. I was injured during the lathi charge. We were unarmed.”
“If they think that they can stop Imran Khan and the Azadi march, they are sadly mistaken. The people don’t want to be influenced by foreign powers,” the former economic minister said.
Imran Khan, who was ousted last month in a confidence vote, has been leading rallies across the country, blaming the United States for conspiring to topple his government.
Imran Khan has given an ultimatum to the Pakistan Prime Minister to dissolve the government and announce fresh elections. I am giving you six days, he said.
“If you don’t do it after six days, I will return,” Khan added.