On 19 Feb 2023, a large number of Pakistani Canadians gathered in Holland Park Surrey, BC to explicitly communicate their concerns about the dire situation of Law and Order and Human Right Violations in Pakistan since April 2022’ post-forced regime change operation carried out with the conspiracies of external and internal nonpolitical stakeholders.
These protests are being held on the call of Imran Khan and Dr. Abdullah Riar, secretary OIC (Overseas International Chapters) of PTI throughout the world, where ever supporters of Pakistan and Imran Khan live.
PTI songs were played to keep the audience warm while people were gathering in Holland Park in rainy conditions and cold weather.
At 3 pm, proceedings started and the stage secretary and General Secretary of PTI- BC invited Amin Khan For Talawat Quran PAK.
After the recitation of the Quran, a Dua was performed for the victims of earthquakes in Turkey and Syria by Mohsin Cheema.
Saif Pannu, past president of PTI Canada and past Deputy secretary of PTI North America, welcomed the protesters and thanked them for showing up in this hard weather.
He explained the situation in Pakistan and also communicated that even though everybody knows as daylight, who played what role in regime change and prosecutions of innocent political workers and journalists, we will not malign our security forces, Army, or any other department as it will not do any good to already dire situation. Instead, he invited SC to look into the matter and try to resolve it ASAP.
After Saif Pannu, many other community leaders and activists spoke to the protesters including Khurram Rai, Anila Shoaib, Meena Khan, Mohsin Cheema, Siddiquie, Sajjad Hameed, and Dr. Babra Rana. Closing remarks were presented by Senior Vice President of PTI-BC Waseem Awan.
If we gather all the speeches made during the protest, the following points were highlighted. It was said that the regime change operation against the legit government of Imran Khan and the ominous operation afterward resulted in not just a crushing downfall effect on the Pakistani economy but caused a substantial rise in poverty to already struggling lower and middle-class people of Pakistan.
By: Nayyar Sohail,
General Secretary PTI-BC
