Arrival delay: Imran Khan’s address postponed

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan’s address to party workers was postponed on Wednesday after his airplane was diverted to Sialkot due to weather conditions. Khan was scheduled address party workers at around 5:30pm. A large number of workers and PTI office bearers gathered at the NA-122 constituency to listen to the chairperson. The aircraft took off from Islamabad and was scheduled to land in Lahore but it was diverted to Sailkot. PTI General Secretary Yasmin Rashid told the gathering that it was impossible for Khan to reach Lahore by road in time for the scheduled address. She said it had been postponed till Thursday (today).

Published in The Express Tribune, August 29^th, 2013.