Imran Khan put a halt to the “Jail Bharo Tehreek”

Imran Khan put a halt to the “Jail Bharo Tehreek”.

PTI Chairman, Mr. Imran Khan's decision to suspend the Jail Bharo movement follows a recent decision by the Supreme Court regarding elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

Mr. Imran Khan, current Chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party and the former prime minister, has announced the suspension of the 'Jail Bharo' movement soon after recent decision made by the (SC) Supreme Court regarding the elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) & Pubjab provinces.

The 'court arrest' movement was initiated from Punjab (Lahore) on February 22 with the intended conclusion on March 1, 2023, where members and leaders of the Pakistan PTI would voluntarily surrender themselves to authorities in their cities. Throughout the Jail Bharo movement, a number of PTI activists and leaders, such as Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Asad Umar, Fayaz ul Hasan Chohan and Zulfi Bukhari, had turned themselves in to the police in cities including Peshawar,  Lahore, Gujranwala and Multan.

On 1^st March, 2023, Mr. Khan, took to Twitter to announce the suspension of the 'Jail Bharo' Tehreek following a recent decision by the Supreme Court regarding elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK).