All highways, motorways are open for traffic: Interior Minister

Dunya News

Interior Minister ruled out talks with banned Tehreek-e-Labbaik.

ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Federal Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed on Sunday said that all motorways, GT road, and linking highways across the country are open for traffic.

Talking to media, while visiting a Ramadan Model Bazar in Islamabad on Sunday, he said that the religious party blocked traffic at 192 points out of which 191 have been cleared; however, situation at Lahore’s Yateem Khana Chowk is serious.

Sheikh Rashid further said it was need of hour to ban the political party and whenever a party is blacklisted, bank accounts of all of its office holders are also frozen. He also ruled out that any dialogue is being carried out with the party.

The Interior Minister said that Prime Minister Imran Khan is taking steps to control inflation in the country and relief is being provided to the people through  Sasta Bazars. 

He also reiterated that Jahangir Khan Tareen is not going anywhere and his supporters are also part of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).