Pakistan
PTI postpones public meeting in Islamabad after NOC controversy
Earlier, party approached IHC to seek permission for the rally
Islamabad: The Pakistan Taehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has postponed its public meeting in Islamabad’s Tarnol at 6pm today, after the district administration cancelled the no-objection certificate (NOC) issued to the party.
The Islamabad administration in an official press release issued on Friday, without naming the party, stated the NOC for the “political gathering” had been cancelled due to “security issues”.
PTI central secretary-general Omar Ayub Khan, who was flanked by PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Khan, announced that the party had decided to postpone the rally and would hold it after Ashura through a legal process.
“Not just this jalsa, we will hold several other rallies in Lahore, Karachi and other cities,” he stated. “Don’t force us towards a mass agitation,” Ayub warned and said that their preparations were in progress until late last night but then the police sealed the site and the deputy commissioner cancelled the NOC.