PTI North America Holds Protest in Dallas Echoing Washington Demonstration
By: Raja Zahid Akhtar Khanzada
Dallas: It was the afternoon of June 14th in the city of Dallas, Texas. The sun was at its zenith in full blaze, but the air in Dallas held a different kind of heat — the heat of a pledge, of a promise, of loyalty.
The supporters of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf men and women, guardians of dreams and caravan-bearers of conscience came out into the streets of Dallas, echoing the chants that were rising in Washington.
Those who could not go to Washington for them, this was no ordinary rally. This was the moment when Pakistanis living abroad made it clear:
Even if the land is foreign, the heartbeat belongs only to Imran Khan and Pakistan.
PTI leader Nadeem Zaman — the name Dallas accepted as a guide, who is also the flagbearer of the movement in North America — rose at the call of his homeland, and with him came those whose faces held both pain and resolve.
From Waqar Nadeem Khan to Lubna Khan, Dr. Noman Qamar, Dr. Hania Ahmed, Captain (R) Tariq Mahmood, and countless others — those were the lamps that burned in defiance of darkness, and never extinguished.
On Nadeem Zaman’s lips were words of thanks, but in his eyes raged a battle a battle not just political, but moral and spiritual as well.
He said:
“We overseas Pakistanis are not just protesting today
You are the ones knocking on the shoulder of history.
And in these moments, when self-serving elements have abandoned us, let history record:
We neither turned away, nor remained silent!”
“And today, we stand with Imran Khan, braving this heat and this 100-degree weather.”
He declared:
“This nation cannot remain safe until its leader, its dreams, and its questions are set free.
Our leader Imran Khan — until he is freed, our struggle continues.”
PTI leader Mujeeb Qazi’s voice carried both complaint and sorrow.
“Some have begun to weigh loyalty with financial checks,
And some have sold their conscience on the scales of power.
But we? We will remain those who stood — and will continue to stand — for justice.”
This in Dallas was not just a rally — it was an epic,
A tale written in a foreign land,
But every line of it will echo on the heart of Pakistan,
That Dallas stood with Imran Khan before and still does.
In this protest, the slogans rose —
But those slogans were not just words.
They were the call to prayer of the conscience,
They were the testimony of time,
That Pakistan still lives
Though shadows of tyranny remain,
The torches of loyalty still shine bright in foreign lands.
We are Pakistan.
We stand with Imran Khan!
