PTI leaders expelled from Gilgit-Baltistan, decry ‘lack of level playing field’

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ISLAMABAD: Four PTI leaders, including the party’s general secretary, were expelled from Gilgit-Baltistan while local leaders were detained on Tuesday.

General elections in GB are scheduled for Sunday (June 7), after a four-month delay attributed to harsh winter weather.

According to the PTI leadership, the party is not being allowed to campaign in the upcoming elections.

“Today, upon entering Gilgit-Baltistan, I, along with Shaukat Basra, Naeem Panjutha, and Zaheer Babar, was stopped by the police within the jurisdiction of Jal Police Station and prevented from proceeding further,” PTI Secretary General Salman Akram Raja claimed in a post on X.