LAHORE: Citing security concerns, the district administration in a letter written to Muhammad Ali of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM), has refused the PTM’s request to hold a public meeting at Lahore’s historic Mochi Gate.
The parties involved in holding the meeting claim they were informed about the decision on Friday night.
The PTM planned to hold its public meeting, titled ‘Jalsa Raddul Fassad’, at Mochi Gate on the 22nd of April.
The PTM claimed that it would use the meeting to highlight the challenges and hurdles the Pashtun community faces, and asked Lahori and Punjabi residents to support them in their movement.
The Lahore Left Front had announced its support for the public meeting.
A PTM leader has said that the PTM has sent a new application seeking permission for the meeting, and is awaiting its outcome which will be decided on Saturday.
