Afridi’s Karachi reception shows PTI’s growing popularity in Sindh: Shafi Jani

Special Assistant to the Chief Minister on Information and Public Relations, Shafi Jan, said on Saturday that the warm and enthusiastic reception accorded to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi upon his arrival in Karachi for a Sindh visit had once again underscored Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s growing popularity in the province.
In a statement, he said the massive turnout of party workers and the public reflected that Sindh still stood firmly with the ideology of PTI founder Imran Khan.
“PTI has once again proven that it is the country’s only truly national political party, and the entire nation remains united and steadfast with its leader, Imran Khan,” he added.
Shafi Jan said CM Afridi was escorted from Karachi airport to Insaf House in the form of a large rally by party workers. He termed the chief minister’s Sindh visit crucial for injecting fresh momentum into the party’s street movement.
He said that during his three-day visit, the chief minister would meet party leadership, incarcerated party members, workers, as well as lawyers and journalists.
He added that CM Afridi would hold a formal meeting with the Sindh chief minister on Monday, while on Sunday he would address a large public gathering at Jinnah Bagh, expected to be attended by a sizeable number of party supporters.
The special assistant said that since the general elections, PTI’s political activities across the country had remained under an undeclared restriction.
“On the one hand, PTI founder Imran Khan, along with other leaders and workers, has been unjustly imprisoned, and on the other hand, the party has been denied adequate political space,” he said, adding that CM Afridi broke this political deadlock by launching the street movement from Punjab.
He appreciated the conduct of the Sindh government , particularly Sindh Minister Saeed Ghani , for welcoming the chief minister at the airport, contrasting it with the situation in Punjab.
Shafi Jan said political activity was the constitutional and democratic right of every political party across the country, and no one had the authority to curtail it through unconstitutional, undemocratic or illegal means.
He further said that CM Sohail Afridi would also lead the street movement in various areas, including Keamari, Malir, Kotri and Korangi, among others.