Without naming Bushra Bibi, Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi told the media that the “one woman” behind the destruction during this week’s protests.
Islamabad: Pakistan this week witnessed grave chaos as supporters of the country’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan defied government lockdowns and violent police opposition to demand the release of the jailed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder. The face of one of the biggest protests in Pakistan’s history was Bushra Khan, cricketer-turned-politician Khan’s third wife.
Thousands of PTI supporters who breached the heavy security force barricades have entered the capital, Islamabad, this week with Bushra Khan. She mounted atop a truck while speaking to the public near the historic square of D-Chowk, Democracy Chowk. She vowed to continue sitting until Khan was released.
“You all need to promise that until Khan is amongst us, you won’t leave D-Chowk,” said Ms Bushra in her first public address.
Reuters reported, quoting party officials, that her insistence on holding the protest at a centralised location near the country’s parliament, despite Imran Khan’s instructions to gather on Islamabad’s outskirts, underscores her growing active role in PTI’s strategy.
Ms Brusha had to flee to the PTI stronghold of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province after a massive police crackdown on PTI supporters following days of deadly clashes between protesters and authorities, party officials added.
