LAHORE: The Lahore deputy commissioner has turned down Pakistan Awami Tehreek’s (PAT) request to stage a sit-in on Istanbul Chowk on The Mall. Due to the imposition of Section-144 in the area and August 16 being a working day, a sit-in on a main road of the city would cause difficulties to the public, said the spokesperson for the Lahore DC. The local administration has asked PAT to stage their sit-in at Nasir Bagh instead. However, PAT has not yet replied to the local administration’s request. Dr Tahirul Qadri had announced on Friday that women would stage a sit-in on The Mall on August 16 to “request” the LHC to make the Najfi commission report on the incident public. Published in Daily Times, August 16th 2017.