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  • Karachi: PTI leader's convoy attacked in Azizabad

    Karachi: PTI leader's convoy attacked in Azizabad Such TV screen grab

    Unidentified men wielding bats and bricks attacked the convoy of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf founding member Imran Ismail near Jinnah Ground in Azizabad area of Karachi.

    TV footage showed men attacking the convoy and smashing the windows of a white land cruiser with cricket bats as it drove off. The windows of another car were also smashed and jeering people were seen kicking the vehicles.

    Ismail was in Azizabad — known as the bastion of Muttahida Qaumi Movement — to announce the party’s intent to hold a rally at Jinnah Ground in Azizabad on April 19.

    While addressing a press conference, Ismail said “MQM activists manhandled and injured PTI workers, they also smashed the windows of our vehicles. PTI will lodge an FIR against the people responsible for this vandalism.”

    He said, "It is perceived as Altaf Hussain’s house and there could be some trouble, but we want to say we have absolutely no fear ... We want to have a rally there."

    The central PTI leader said it was a matter of principle for the party to hold a rally at Jinnah Ground. He said that a request had already been filed with the Deputy Commissioner for permission.

    Ismail said that the PTI was going to contend for the seat without forming alliances. "We are in talks with other parties but we are not looking to form an alliance."