ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to conditionally allow the May 11 rally announced by Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) to protest against alleged rigging in the 2013 general elections, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan announced on a live televised press conference on Thursday.
The PTI administration will receive the official approval later this evening, he said. “We will, however, allocate a separate space in Islamabad for future protest rallies,” he added.
“A mere 100, 200 people can create havoc for the state by protesting at sensitive locations like the federal capital’s Red Zone.”
“Can any state compromise on the stability of its institutions?” questioned the minister, who hinted that some elements might try to disrupt law and order. He vowed to deal with any such attempt to derail democracy.
“I hope the whole episode comes to it’s logical conclusion with democratic norms succeeding in the end,” said Chaudhry Nisar.
He said weapons of any kind, not even sticks, would be allowed in the rally.
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