‘New deadline’ douses spark of PTI protest

By Mansoor Malik

‘New deadline’ douses spark of PTI protest

• No plan given for Imran-announced protest; workers ask if 90-day plan has replaced Aug 5 movement

• KP CM claims party will decide after three months ‘whether to continue with politics’

• Days after founder eschewed talks, Gandapur claims Imran ready to sit with powers that be

LAHORE: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur seemed to throw a wrench in the works of a nationwide protest, annou­nced by PTI founder Imran Khan, which is expected to climax on Aug 5, marking two years of the former PM’s imprisonment.

At a press conference on Sunday, where party leaders were expected to announce the plan for this protest, CM Gandapur caused confusion when he came up with a new 90-day timeline for what he called ‘a final push’.

Flanked by PTI leaders who had arrived in Lahore to launch their movement for the release of Imran Khan and his spouse, CM Gandapur said that the 90-day countdown had already begun.

However, the mixed messages left party workers questioning whether this meant a postpone

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