Demonstrators rally, requiring Imran Khan be launched from prison inspiteof a restriction on demonstrations and authorities crackdown.
Published On 5 Oct 2024
Supporters of previous Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan have rallied in Islamabad to push for Khan’s release as the authorities obstructed roadways, cut off mobile web and fired tear gas to discourage the protesters.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) celebration on Saturday declared that the celebration leader from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) Province, Ali Amin Gandapur, hasactually been abducted and unlawfully apprehended. But Al Jazeera might not separately validate the claim.
Gandapur, the chief minister of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, was leading thousands of protesters who camped on Islamabad-Peshwar highway on Friday overnight. Police utilized teas gas as they tried to gointo the city.
This is the mostcurrent in a series of demonstrations held by fans of the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) celebration, which hasactually dealtwith a crackdown from authorities.
The PTI, which states the Islamabad demonstration is simply for one day, likewise held a event in the eastern city of Lahore on Saturday, where a lockdown of roadways was in location.
“I am so proud of all our individuals,” stated a message from Khan published on the social media website X on Saturday afternoon.
Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi implicated the protesters of clashing with authorities. “Over 80 cops officers haveactually been hurt in the clashes,” he stated.
Naqvi had formerly called on the PTI to hold-up any event upuntil after diplomatic engagements in the city, consistingof a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) conference on October 15-16 which will be participatedin by delegations, consistingof from China, Russia and India.
PTI activists started driving to Isla