Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has claimed that police fired shots at its supporters during a rally in Islamabad on Sunday. The demonstration was organized to demand the release of the party’s founder and former Prime Minister Imran Khan, who is currently imprisoned.
In a social media post, the party criticized the “heavy shelling” of “peaceful protestors,” labeling it as “Undeclared Martial Law.” The PTI’s statement on X read: “Scenes Pakistanis have grown accustomed to in this #UndeclaredMartialLaw. Heavy shelling by Islamabad police on peaceful Pakistanis gathered in massive numbers for Imran Khan & PTI’s rally in Islamabad. Shameful, despicable, desperate, cowardly behavior by the illegitimate, authoritarian regime, over & over again. These disgraceful, unlawful acts only strengthen the people’s resolve to fight for their ‘Haqeeqi Azadi’!”