KPK cabinet to stage sit-in outside parliament against drone strikes

KPK cabinet to stage sit-in outside parliament against drone strikes
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Summary KPK government has also announced to protest outside the US embassy against drone attacks.

PESHAWAR (Dunya News) – Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) government has finalised all arrangements to hold sit-in outside Parliament House and to protest outside the US embassy in Islamabad against drone attacks in Pakistan’s territory.

KPK cabinet held a meeting under the chair of Chief Minister Pervez Khatak here on Friday to review the arrangements of holding protests against the US drone strikes. The meeting also decided to write the Federal Government against the attacks.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) had given a call for holding protest demonstrations in Peshawar to block NATO supply lines.

Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) has confirmed and its participation and would stand shoulder to shoulder with PTI.

In this regard political workers of different parties including Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) have arrived in Peshawar from various parts of the country to participate in sit-in on Nov 23.

According to the program PTI activists from all over country will gather at Naran Garden in Hayatabad area on Saturday morning, commencing sit-in to register protest with the government against US’s drone attacks on Pakistani land and would continue till Sunday evening.

The provincial government has also finalized security plan for protest demonstration and traffic would also be suspended on different points of sit-in.

Transporters were directed to use alternate routes in order to perform routine work smoothly.

KPK government would also deploy heavy police contingents to control law & order situation during sit-in.
 

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