Pakistan Tehreek-I-Casaf (PTI) has taken a massive demonstration in several cities throughout the country to protest Imran Khan’s Ouster.
“Chowkidar Chor Hi’s slogan” was heard in one of the demonstrations taken by Pakistani leaders Tehreek-e-Casaf (PTI) against Imran Khan’s Ouster as Prime Minister of Pakistan. The slogan, which was first raised in India by the leader of Congress Rahul Gandhi against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was used in Pakistan against his troops for allegedly stealing Imran Khan’s mandate.
The crowd gathered at Lal Haveli in Punjab Province Pakistan against Ouster Khan referred to Pakistani forces as “chowkidar”, or gatekeepers, and called them “Chor”, or thieves.
However, the former Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid was seen trying to stop protesters not to lift the slogan against the army.
“Don’t lift the slogan … we will fight peacefully,” he said.
The Pakistani National Assembly moved Khan as Pakistani Prime Minister in the midnight vote in the movement without trust after several delays due to the reluctance of the speaker to take the matter despite the command of the Supreme Court. A total of 174 members recorded their voices supporting the movement to remove Imran Khan from the office after the speaker and representative speaker filed resignation on Saturday night.
Referring to the non-confidence motion, Sheikh Rashid said: “If you want to save your country then don’t make a decision in the dark night but during the day.”
“On 29/4 there will be Eid al-Fitr. Get ready to take the Bharo prison movement from Lal Haveli every day. I myself will take it from Karachi,” he said, adding that he “will tell all the syindis that they are (then opposition.) Do thieves, guides and robbers. “
On Sunday, PTI issued a demonstration in Islamabad, Karachi, Peshawar, Lahore and several other cities with demonstrators shouting slogans against the opposition.
Previously, Khan said that the Ouster marked the beginning of the “freedom struggle” of what he called “foreign conspiracy of regime changes”. In an effort to galvanize his supporters, PM which was overthrown said, “always people who protect their own sovereignty and democracy”.
“Pakistan became an independent country in 1947; but the struggle for freedom begins today against a foreign conspiracy of regime changes. It is always the people in the country who defend their sovereignty and democracy,” he said in another tweet.
The national assembly session to choose new prime ministers will be held at 2:00 on Monday. Nomination papers from opposition candidates with Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif and PTI’s Shah Mahmood Qureshi have been approved for the race. Sharif, with numbers by his side, is likely to become the next state minister.