PTI’s protest call draws lacklustre response in Peshawar

PESHAWAR: With riot police and prison vans deployed across the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, only a handful of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) workers stepped out on Monday to stage brief protests in different areas of the city. What the PTI had called a “flash protest” was staged in Nishtarabad, Hashtnagri and Sikandarpura, attracting just 15-20 workers. No former minister, MPA or MNA turned up. PTI Peshawar district president Irfan Saleem had called for the protest on Sunday night. The workers would emerge from streets, shout slogans against the imposition of emergency and governor’s rule…