Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s leader Shahbaz Gill has criticised the news channels for a blackout of last night’s rally in Peshawar.
In a Tweet, Gill shared Nayatel’s live viewership data as of 11:35 pm across 15 cities on April 13. According to the statistics, ARY News alone garnered 56.1% views compared to 14 other channels, including Geo News, Samaa News, and Dawn News.
Gill noted that the media blackout of the rally affected these channels’ viewership.
The Peshawar event marked the launch of a nationwide campaign of public rallies, which Khan is calling a “freedom struggle” against his foreign and domestic adversaries. While asking his supporters to remain peaceful, he vowed to keep the mass street actions going until the country’s new leaders call for early elections.
Packed in a large field with a huge stage erected at one end, Khan’s supporters waited for hours, milling excitedly in the dark, waving flags and chanting.
