ALPURI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leaders and activists in Shangla held a consultative meeting at former provincial minister Shaukat Yousafzai’s residence in Besham to finalise preparations for the August 29 street movement and mobilise workers for the planned September 27 long march in support of PTI founder Imran Khan’s release.
The meeting was attended by former provincial minister Shaukat Yousafzai, former National Assembly candidates Haji Sadeedur Rehman and Nawaz Mahmood Khan, former tehsil chairman Waqar Ahmad Khan, Abdul Maula Khan, senior leader Fawad Ali Noor, district office-bearers and a large number of party workers.
The participants discussed arrangements for the August 29 street movement, the visit of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi and the provincial leadership to Shangla, and mobilisation of workers from different parts of the district.
The party workers expressed their views individually and pledged to participate in large numbers to make the programme successful.Shaukat Yousafzai and the district leadership also presented a roadmap for the visit of Chief Minister Sohail Afridi, provincial president Junaid Akbar Khan and other party leaders to Shangla.
It was decided that the PTI leadership would be given a reception at Dandai Bridge at 1pm on August 29, from where the leaders would be taken in a rally to Besham Chowk. PTI leaders said a large number of workers from different areas of Shangla would participate in the street movement.
