Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi on Wednesday attempted to speak at the rostrum of Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Sarfraz Dogar, but the chief justice left for his chambers without hearing him.
Afridi, speaking to the media outside the court, said he approached the rostrum after other channels to meet the chief justice failed. He greeted Justice Dogar, but received no response. After waiting for over an hour, he said he was not given even a verbal acknowledgment. The chief minister explained that his purpose was to demonstrate that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) engages in peaceful political expression, not protest or anarchy. “After exhausting all options, we stage peaceful protests, which is our right,” Afridi told reporters.