Interior ministry issues notification of army deployment in Islamabad
Issuance of the notification has come in less than 24 hours after Faizabad operation was launched.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Interior ministry has issued notification of deployment of army in the capital to check violence and mass protests that ensued security operation launched by the federal government to end sit-in of religious parties against a controversial amendment in Elections Act 2017.
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Issuance of the notification has come in less than 24 hours after police contingents began to coercively clear Faizabad Interchange and surroundings where protesters had camped in late October.
Deployment of sufficient number of troops of Pak Army is to be determined by the Commander 111 Brigade, the notification reads.
It should be noted here that the amendment was reversed following the controversy however, the protesters are adamant to have law minister Zahid Hamid resigned so much so that during the clashes today in multiple cities, Member of National Assembly (MNA) Mian Javed Latif was wounded while a local was killed in tensions outside former interior minister Chaudhry Nisar’s residence.
According to a statement issued by Benazir hospital, three wounded succumbed to their injuries taking the death toll at the hospital owing to the clashes to five.
