• Yasmin Rashid said all the sports events were being held
• Section 144 was imposed in a bid to stop PTI rally, she said.
• Aslam said government was scared of Imran Khan’s popularity.

LAHORE: The Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) on Sunday filed a plea with the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) against imposition of Section 144 in Punjab, Bol News reported.

Addressing media outside the ECP office in Lahore, PTI leaders Yashmin Rashid said the Section 144 was imposed in a bid to stop the PTI rally.

Yasmin Rashid said all the sports events were being held in the city, but only PTI rally was being halted. Imran Khan had to lead an election rally on Sunday, she said adding that the PTI was world’s sixth largest party.

She said they were peaceful people and if they were oppressed then there won’t be a bigger injustice then that.

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Mian Aslam said the Punjab government had imposed Section 144 twice and they were not letting the election campaign begin. He said Maryam Nawaz’s public gatherings were being provided security. Zille Shah’s death would not go in waste, he said.

Mian Aslam said the government was scared of Imran Khan’s popularity. He said Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) Senior Vice President Maryam Nawaz was allowed to hold a “jalsi” in government protocol, but the PTI was not being allowed to hold election rally.

Filing of nomination papers has begun on Sunday in Punjab. Candidates for Punjab Assembly election can file their nomination papers with the Returning Officers from till Tuesday next.

The names of nominated candidates will be published on March 15 while the scrutiny process of nomination papers will continue till March 22. The appeals can be filed against the rejection or acceptance of nominations papers till March 27.

The Appellate Tribunal will decide the appeals till April 3. The revised list of candidates will be published on April 4. Candidates may withdraw their papers on April 5 while a revised list of candidates will be published on the same day. Election symbols will be allotted to the contesting candidates on April 6 while polling will be held on April 30.