A photo of the PTI rally in Pakistan.
Islamabad: In Pakistan, four people died before protests by jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s PTI party ended. While more than 50 people have been injured. We tell you that after the government’s rigor, the PTI formally announced on Wednesday the end of its protest. But before, at midnight, 4 people died in the confrontation between police and protesters. The PTI blamed this on the actions of the authorities.
Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party had earlier claimed that hundreds of people had been killed in violent clashes with security personnel. Amid concerns over the whereabouts of Khan’s wife Bushra Bibi, who led the march to Islamabad, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur, the party said they were both in Mansehra town near Abbottabad. , in the province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. Authorities have started reopening roads and cleaning up sites where vandalism occurred during the three-day PTI protests.
The protesters evacuated the area.
After the midnight crackdown, Khan’s supporters had to abandon D-Chowk and its surrounding areas in the capital. The PTI called the crackdown a “genocide” under a “fascist military government,” while police sources said around 450 protesters were arrested during the crackdown. In a press statement shared under its official name ‘X’, the PTI said: “In view of the government’s brutality and the government’s plan to turn the capital into a slaughterhouse for unarmed people, we will continue to hold peaceful protests for some time.” . “Suspension announcement.” The party said the next step would be taken as per Khan’s instructions. On Tuesday night, PTI supporters clashed with law enforcement officials after which they managed to stage a sit-in at D-Chowk as part of the Islamabad march that began on Sunday.
6 security personnel were also killed.
Six security personnel were killed and dozens injured when supporters clashed with police. Khan’s wife Bushra Bibi, who led the march from Peshawar to Islamabad along with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur, said the protesters would not leave until Khan was released from jail. However, security personnel continued their efforts to remove them from the area. Rashtrapati Bhavan, Prime Minister’s Office, Parliament and Supreme Court are located around D-Chowk. Around midnight, police and rangers launched an operation to clear the commercial area of the Blue Area.
Imran Khan had called for a demonstration
The 72-year-old former prime minister, who has been in prison since August last year, had made a “final call” for nationwide protests on November 24. He made this call on November 13. Khan had reportedly condemned theft of mandate, unjust arrest of people and the passing of the 26th amendment to the Constitution. Regarding the 26th amendment to the Constitution, he stated that it had reinforced the “dictatorial regime.” Khan has been lodged in Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail since last year and, according to his party, there are more than 200 cases registered against him. (Language)
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