Imran Khan holds big rally despite threats and lays out his party’s roadmap for economic prosperity

Despite cutting Lahore from the rest of Pakistan and placing barricades and containers on roads leading to the venue, ousted prime minister Imran Khan managed to hold a big rally at Minar-i-Pakistan late on Saturday. The broadcast media blacked out the coverage of the event under pressure from the PML-N-led government backed by the powerful military establishment.

Khan, facing threats to his life, addressed the rally from a bullet-proof glass. A large number of women also gathered at the park. The people reached the venue by covering a long distance on foot because of the barricades.

Lashing out at the PML-N-led government and its handlers for arresting and torturing over 2,000 of his party workers ahead of this rally, Imran Khan said “one thing is clear, whoever is in power, they will get a message today that people’s passion cannot be curbed via hurdles and containers.”