Imran Khan supporters march towards Islamabad amid heavy police crackdown in Pakistan

Led by Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur and Khan’s woman Bushra Bibi, the marchers began their travel from the devastated state connected Sunday with the ngo to scope the superior but faced obstacles connected the roads.

The authorities had blocked the highways by placing shipping containers but the protestors accompanied by lifting instrumentality and different dense machines worked their mode by removing hurdles, but it skittled their velocity and plans.
After a stopover for the nighttime astatine Haro successful the Attock territory of Punjab, the enactment resumed its travel with the ngo to scope the superior by midday today.

Police officers beryllium connected motorbikes with shipping containers successful the background, utilized to forestall an anti-government rally by supporters of the erstwhile Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s enactment Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)

The authorities already banned rallies by imposing Section 144, a colonial-era instrumentality utilized to outlaw governmental activities, arsenic a high-level delegation from Belarus was visiting Pakistan.

A high-level delegation from Belarus, led by Foreign Minister Maksim Ryzinkov and including 8 ministers and 43 concern leaders, arrived successful Islamabad connected Sunday up of President Alexander Lukashenko’s authoritative sojourn connected Monday.

The president would clasp discussions with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and the country’s Chief of Army Staff General Asim Munir. It is expected that important agreements would beryllium signed to fortify bilateral relations betwixt the 2 countries during the visit.

Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, who received the delegation, said astatine a property league connected Sunday that the information measures were enactment successful spot to support residents of the superior and their property, blaming the PTI for inconveniencing thousands of people.

While Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar successful a connection questioned PTI’s repeated calls for strikes, terming them a “well thought-out conspiracy” against the country. He regretted that the enactment ever seemed to telephone for a protestation astatine a clip erstwhile planetary figures were visiting Pakistan, whether it beryllium the Chinese premier’s visit, the SCO acme oregon different occasions.

But it each fell connected deaf ears arsenic the PTI person stuck with the request portion saying that lone Imran Khan called disconnected the protest.
“We indispensable beforehand and not crook backmost until Imran Khan is released,” CM Gandapur said successful an code to the assemblage connected Sunday.
Bibi was besides with the assemblage against aboriginal announcements that she would not articulation the protest. She connected Sunday besides concisely addressed the supporters connected the mode from her car, showing vexation with the delay.

Police officers detain a protagonist of the erstwhile Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s enactment Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)

“Time is being wasted,” she said, utilizing a microphone. “Stay successful your vehicles truthful we tin scope determination quickly.” The protestation participants volition look formidable absorption erstwhile they scope the jurisdiction of the capital. Interior curate Naqvi vowed to apprehension everyone entering the superior with the volition of protesting. Not lone each large roads starring to the superior and wrong the metropolis person been barricaded but besides constabulary and paramilitary troops deployed to woody with the miscreants.

Also, Rawalpindi constabulary clashed with PTI workers astatine IJ Principal Road, arresting astir 60 radical aft baton charges. Officials assertion 100-150 workers of the enactment were dispersed astatine the site.

Meanwhile, PTI leaders allege that 490 workers and leaders person been arrested crossed Punjab, with 100 reported missing.
Khan has been implicated successful dozens of cases since his authorities was dismissed done a no-confidence question successful 2022. He has been successful Adiala Jail astatine Rawalpindi since past twelvemonth facing, according to his party, implicit 200 cases; got bail successful immoderate of them, was convicted successful immoderate others, and hearings are going connected for immoderate more.

Khan’s enactment won the largest fig of seats successful the February wide elections contempt contesting arsenic independents arsenic the enactment was denied an predetermination awesome and the PTI main has already alleged that the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and its conjugation partners, including Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) had “stolen the mandate” to drawback powerfulness astatine the national level.