46 PTI workers still missing, says Gandapur

RAWALPINDI:

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur has revealed that 146 of the 200 PTI workers who had allegedly gone missing in the wake of a government crackdown on November 26 have been located.

"Our 54 workers are still missing as the rest—146— are now in jails on various charges," Gandapur said during an informal interaction with journalists on Saturday after attending hearing of a vandalism case held at Rawalpindi's Adiala Jail.

On November 24, thousands of PTI workers led by Gandapur and Imran's Bushra Bibi started their march to Islamabad primarily from various cities of the K-P where the party rules, on the call of the PTI founder.

Government authorities on the night of November 26 launched a heavy-handed crackdown against the protestors, which the PTI earlier claimed resulted in the death or disappearance of hundreds of its workers.

The party later put the figure of the people allegedly killed in the law enforcing agencies' action at 12 while claiming that 38 of its workers got injured.

In its criminal complaint filed to a court in Islamabad seeking registration of a first information report (FIR) against key government figures including the prime minister, the PTI stated that 139 of its people had gone missing.

Talking with reference to the PTI planned civil disobedience movement, the CM said consultations have been held with Imran Khan regarding the movement. He said considering the current circumstances, the PTI is compelled to think about Pakistan's future.

"I hope political parties will reflect and find a solution," he said. He said the party's provincial government is also conducting inquiries concerning the PTI workers martyred and the injured during the crackdown.