Public rejected Imran Khan's protest call: Sanaullah.

ISLAMABAD -- Only two days after former prime minister Imran Khan survived an assassination attempt, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan on Saturday said that the masses have altogether rejected the call of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief to stage countrywide protests over the armed attack on the long march container. The remarks of the interior minister came amid some reports quoting party sources that PTI chairman Imran Khan was unhappy with his party leaders over their failure to bring out people in large numbers on roads soon after he got injured in an attack in Wazirabad city of the Punjab province. After the attack, at least two PTI leaders in a video message had given a call of countrywide protests on behalf of party chief Khan, who at that time was being treated at a hospital in Lahore. The interior minister said that the non-participation of the public in the protests, except a few dozen workers of the party, was clear evidence...

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