Khattak Ittehad to protest outside PTI chief’s house in Bani Gala

Alliance is demanding facilities for undeveloped Karak district

KARAK: Leaders and activists of Khattak Ittehad (KI) will hold a sit-in outside Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan’s residence in Bani Gala, Islamabad on Monday.

Various civil society organisations, united under the umbrella of KI, will leave Karak district at 9am on Monday morning and present their demands before the PTI supremo.

“Our rights have been usurped,” said KI President Mir Zaqim Khan. “The provincial government has left us with no option but to protest outside Bani Gala.”

He added, “If Imran Khan accepts our demands and assures action, we will garland him. If he refuses, we will stage a sit-in for an indefinite period.”

Mufti Rehman Taj, a PTI leader from Karak, joined hands with KI and vowed to accompany the protesters. KI leaders also held a meeting and finalised their plans for the protest.

On March 12, the alliance members held a demonstration outside Peshawar Press Club. Protesters shouted slogans against Chief Minister Pervez Khattak, the provincial government and lawmakers from Karak, including Malik Qasim, Gul Sahib Taj and Nasir Khattak.

A 24-day sit-in of the alliance’s activists in Karak ended in vain last week as the government continued to turn a deaf ear to their concerns. Protesters were demanding gas and electricity connections, sanitation facilities, the construction of Khushal Khan Khattak University, an oil refinery, cancer hospital and an industrial zone.