The Punjab government late on Friday night refused to give jailed former prime minister Imran Khan's PTI permission for its much-hyped power show at Lahore's historic Minar-e-Pakistan but allowed the party to hold its rally at the outskirts of the city on Saturday.

The deputy commissioner, in its NOC, has set 43 conditions for PTI public gathering, including fixing a time limit for the rally from 3 pm to 6 pm.

PTI criticises the government's refusal to allow rallies, claiming democracy is being undermined by restrictions.

Thousands of supporters of Pakistan's former leader Imran Khan defied roadblocks to gather in a suburb of the capital Islamabad in September 2024, however, a video circulating on social media following the rally dates back to when he was still prime minister.

Pakistani police have arrested several top leaders from former imprisoned Prime Minister Imran Khan's opposition party, a day after some people clashed with the police a mile from a protest calling for his release.

Thousands of supporters of Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan have rallied on the outskirts of the capital, Islamabad, demanding his release

Pakistan arrested top leaders of former premier Imran Khan’s political party on charges of attacking the police in a rally a day earlier, worsening the political strife in the country.

Several lawmakers and leaders of jailed former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan's party arrested after a rally they held to demand his release have been charged with terrorism offences, according to police on Wednesday.