Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has abruptly changed its plans for a large rally in Rawalpindi, converting it into a protest outside the Supreme Court of Pakistan. The party has withdrawn its application for the rally and is now mobilizing its workers for the demonstration.

The PTI had filed a petition with the Lahore High Court’s Rawalpindi bench regarding the planned September 28 rally, seeking permission after the district administration denied a No Objection Certificate (NOC). However, this petition was withdrawn today by PTI lawyer Muhammad Faisal Malik, acting on instructions from PTI Chairman Imran Khan.

PTI leader Advocate Niazullah Niazi stated that the protest outside the Supreme Court will be peaceful, emphasizing that peaceful protest is a constitutional and legal right.

The protest, according to Niazi, is against the government’s proposed “Form 47” (likely referring to a legal document or amendment) and the government’s constitutional package, particularly the creation of additional constitutional courts.

Niazi asserted that constitutional courts already exist in the country and that the PTI opposes the creation of more. He announced that lawyers will begin their protest outside the Supreme Court at 11:00 AM on Friday.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa PTI leadership has instructed party workers and officials to assemble at 10:00 AM to participate in the protest.

PTI finalises plan for KP convoy

In light of the PTI protest in Rawalpindi, party workers and officials from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have been directed to leave at 10 AM tomorrow.

A meeting of PTI’s parliamentary and organizational officials was held at the Chief Minister’s House in Peshawar, where officials and assembly members were instructed to reach Rawalpindi with the workers.

According to sources, the PTI workers have been instructed to depart from Peshawar at 10 AM, and the Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will arrive in Swabi at 11 AM.

Sources indicate that Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur will head to Rawalpindi in a convoy from Swabi, and workers have been instructed to be fully prepared for the journey. PTI workers have also been informed that this will be a protest, not a rally.