Summary PTI and its allies have announces to block NATO supply in five districts of KPK from Sunday.
PESHAWAR (Dunya News/Agencies) - Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and its allies in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have announces to suspend NATO supply in five districts of the province from Sunday (tomorrow).
According to PTI spokesman, all the political parties, participating in the sit-in against drone strikes in Pakistan, have unanimously passed the resolution to halt the supply in the five districts of the province on Sunday.
Thousands of demonstrators protesting US drone strikes on Saturday blocked a main road in Peshawar used to truck NATO troop supplies and equipment in and out of Afghanistan.
The protest was led by cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan and his party, the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) along with their allies in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial government.
We will put pressure on America, and our protest will continue if drone attacks are not stopped, Khan told the protesters.
“We are here to give a clear message that now Pakistanis cannot remain silent over drone attacks,” Shah Mehmood Qureshi, a senior member of the PTI, said in a speech to the protesters.
Party workers of the PTI and JI had arrived in the provincial capital from across the country. According to some estimates, around 10,000 people participated in Saturday’s protest. The protesters shouted anti-US slogans, such as “Down with America” and “Stop drone attacks.”
Strict security arrangements were put in place by the provincial government, including deployment of over 500 polce personnel to ensure safety and order. Transporters were directed to use alternative routes.
