Summary Police and protesters once again clashed with each other on University Road.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Islamabad police on Sunday barred the caravan of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) from going to Bani Gala.
Police and protesters once again clashed with each other on University Road.
In order to prevent the workers from moving forward police fired shells on them filling the atmosphere with smoke.
Retaliating to the action, PTI workers set the jungle near Bani Gala on fire.
Police arrested more than 70 PTI workers who were shifted to Bahara Kahu and Secretariat police station.
However; PTI’s Uzma Kardar, Shireen Mazari moved forward while removing the barricades and heavy argument with police.
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Political situation remains tense in Rawalpindi and Islamabad as Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Awami Muslim League (AML) have vowed to go ahead with the plan of holding political rally despite imposition of section 144.
Several clashes have been reported at various cities after Imran Khan announced countrywide protests in wake of the arrests of party workers during youth convention in Islamabad.
IMPOSITION OF SECTION 144
A notification Thursday banned gatherings in the capital for two months because protests were "likely to threaten public peace and tranquility, cause public annoyance or injury, endanger human life and safety.
The District Magistrate, Islamabad Capital Territory Capt (r) Mushtaq Ahmed prohibited carrying of firearms, all kind of gatherings of five or more persons and use of loudspeakers and sound amplifiers in Islamabad Capital Territory under Section 144 of Cr. PC 1898.
PANAMA LEAKS PROBE
The planned protest comes at a sensitive time for Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, with Supreme Court due to start hearing a case into the Panama Papers revelations about alleged involvement of Sharif’s family on November 1.
The premier is under growing pressure from opposition parties over his children‘s offshore bank accounts that were revealed in the Panama Papers leak.
