PTI peace march arrives in Dera Ismail Khan

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: The marchers of the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf’s Waziristan-bound anti-drone attacks rally have made Dera Ismail Khan, their stopover for the Saturday night, Geo News reported.

PTI Chairman, Imran Khan, who is spearheading the peace march, has vowed to “celebrate peace” in Waziristan tomorrow (Sunday).

“Waziristan will reverberate with the festivities of peace tomorrow”, an ambitious PTI leader said.

Dera Ismail Khan was under a blanket of security ahead of the ralliers arrival, where they will rest for the night.

Similar measures were taken in Tank, which is reportedly bustling with political activity as the PTI cohorts are bracing for an overwhelming welcome party, but the authorities do not seem that warm to the incoming rally.

According to sources, the Tank political authorities have said that PTI marchers can hold a public gathering in Mian Mehram Sultan area, 15 kilometers from city, but they will not be allowed to advance further.

However, the PTI stalwarts have starting setting the stage for the gathering under strict security measures.

Earlier, The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)’s peace march to Waziristan kicked off from Islamabad, Lahore, Peshawar and other towns.

Hundreds of all sorts of vehicles are included in the peace march. Janisaran-e-Imran Khan Force has been formed for the security and protection of the rallies.

Talking to media prior to departure, Imran Khan said that our rallies were in fact peace march, ‘We are not going to fight anyone, therefore, everyone should take benefit from this march, if we are asked to halt then we will stop.”

He said earlier I was blamed to be a supporter of Taliban, now they were blaming me working for the West. He said that Maulana Fazlur Rahman has a big hand in spreading disinformation about him.

Imran Khan said that the Maulana telling people that the Jews and the Christians were coming instead the people accompanying him were peace activists. He further said that Fazlur Rahman was propagating against his peace march fearing his rising popularity in the area

Imran Khan said that there was no threat to his peace march from Taliban. He said if anything happened with us then the president and his allies and Maulana and the like would be responsible. The people of Waziristan would be providing us security, he said.