KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf had to call off its 'Foundation Day ' rally in Karachi after a fight erupted among its supporters during the MPA Haleem Adil Sheikh's address at Gulshan-e-Iqbal's Mangal Bazaar ground on Sunday.
PTI's power show in Karachi didn't go as planned. It failed to display discipline and unity. The situation turned sour after a group of supporters started chanting slogans against party leaders after MPA Haleem Adil Sheikh came to address the party’s 23rd Youm-e-Tasees (Foundation Day).
The 'Foundation Day' convention turned violent after the supporters, who indulged in heated arguments, started throwing chairs at one another and some even pelted stones. Different things were thrown at the women's enclosure too.
The charged activists got divided into two groups and started fighting each other, using sticks, chairs and water bottles, while the PTI leadership, Firdous Shamim Naqvi, Khurram Sher Zaman, and others managed to escape from the venue rather than trying to resolve the issue and defuse the situation.
PTI leader Haleem Adil Sheikh also left the rally after abrief address and the workers continuously fought each other at different spots as they were going back home. party's foundation day cake was also not cut due to the workers’ brawl.
The convention was eventually called off. PTI leaders such as Ali Zaidi, and Firdous Shamim Naqvi couldn't even give their speeches.
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