In pictures: Preparations underway for Mall road agitation

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In pictures: Preparations underway for Mall road agitation

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(Web Desk) – Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT), Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) are all set to stage a protest on Mall road in Lahore on Wednesday over the 2014 Model Town incident.

The protest comes in the wake of the Punjab government caught in the middle of scathing criticism following the brutal murder and rape of a seven-year-old girl in Kasur. Wednesday’s protest will also demand accountability from the government over the Kasur incident.

According to Dunya News, Awami Muslim League (AML), Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) and Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) are also to take part in the protest that will be staged against the ruling Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz. The protest is being viewed as a platform that will be bringing together various political parties including the PTI and the PPP, with leadership of both the parties having exchanged hostile comments against each other recently.

Government of Punjab has summoned three companies of Pakistan Rangers ahead of the opposition’s protest set to be held outside the Punjab Assembly on Mall Road.

Preparations underway for the PAT led anti-government protest scheduled to be held on Mall road on Wednesday. Photo: OINN

A view of the preparations being done for the PAT-led protest in Lahore. Photo: OINN

The local administration had barred PAT to hold its protest in Lahore. Photo: OINN

PTI leader Shafqat Mahmood holding meeting with workers to discuss the protest in Lahore scheduled for Wednesday. Photo: PTI Twitter

Dr. Tahir ul Qadri holding meeting with representatives of political parties ahead of the Mall road protest in Lahore. Photo: PAT Twitter

Preparations for the protest had begun in full swing on Tuesday morning. Photo: OINN

Containers block the main Mall road outside the Punjab Assembly ahead of Wednesday s protest. Photo: OINN