ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad administration was sent a notice by the Islamabad High Court on Wednesday on the PTI’s request for a sit-in and procession in the federal capital. The administration’s officer concerned would also have to appear before the court.

IHC judge Justice Amir Farooq presided heard the PTI petition. The former ruling party, which is on road to its anti-government ‘Azadi March’, had moved the court against the Islamabad administration’s decision to not give it permission for the request.

“The PTI had requested for the NOC for ‘Haqeeqi Azadi March’. The Islamabad administration is delaying this matter,” Ateequr Rehman, the lawyer of petitioner Ali Nawaz Awan, said.

The Imran Khan-led party has asked the capital administration to allow permission for holding a rally on November 6 and November 7.

Petition

PTI, a peaceful party, does not intend to does not believe in confrontation with a state institution, said the petition.

“There was no other choice than going into the public after the conspiracy hatched to change the regime,” it said, adding that the PTI decided to start the long march in view of the “prevailing” economic, mismanagement and bad condition.

The PTI long march, which started from Lahore’s Liberty Chowk, would end in Islamabad.