GILGIT: A large number of PTI activists from various districts of Gilgit-Baltistan continued to leave the region on Sunday to participate in the party`s `lockdown` of Islamabad on Wednesday.

They started moving to the federal capital in separate processions using the Karakoram Highway.

Five separate PTI rallies led by regional party chief organiser Raja Jalal, GBLA member Raja Jahanzab, deputy organiser Shah Nasir, Fatahullah and other party leaders had lef t GB on Sunday.

Talking to reporters, Raja Jalal said thousands of party workers would participate in the Islamabad `lockdown`.

Although the activists are facing hurdles to reach Islamabad, they are determined to take part in the protest againstcorruptrulers,he said.

`Even if we have to travel by foot from GB to Islamabad, we are ready to do so to take part in the anticorruption movement,` he added.

Dozens of party activists from Diamer started their march to Islamabad on cars and jeeps on Sunday, covering their heads with party flags and chanting slogans like `Go Nawaz Go`.

Attig Advocate, a party activist, said PTI workers from Diamer would be at the forefront in the Islamabad protest.

A PTI rally from Gilgit had lef t Islamabad on Saturday under the leadership of Fatullah Khan, the party`s deputy organiser.

Similar rallies from Hunza, Nagar, Skardu and Ghizer districts lef t for Islamabad on Friday.

Javed Ali Manwa, PTI chief organiser in Nagar district, said GB workers would ensure maximum participation in the Nov 2`lockdown`.

Talking to Dawn over phone GB women wing chief organiser Amina Ansari said thousands of people from the region would attend the Islamabad `lockdown`. She said hundreds of women workers from the region had already arrived in Islamabad to participate in the protest movement.-Correspondent