Former Prime Minister Imran Khan
The ongoing protests in Pakistan have come to an end. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has ended the protest. However, there was a lot of commotion during this period. Arson and stone throwing occurred in many places. Seeing the situation, the army took charge. Meanwhile, the PTI has alleged that hundreds of protesters were shot in Islamabad during the government action.
Khan’s associates say PTI supporters were shot during the army action in Islamabad overnight and seriously injured. In addition to this, it has also been said that the police have detained thousands of people. The city’s police chief said Wednesday that Pakistani authorities arrested about 1,000 supporters of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan, who stormed the capital this week demanding his release. Islamabad police chief Ali Rizvi denied that live ammunition had been used during the operation.
Many weapons recovered from protest site.
Rizvi said 600 protesters were arrested in Tuesday’s operation, bringing the total number of people arrested in the past three days to 954. He said weapons, including rifles and tear gas guns, were confiscated at the protest site where They had gathered thousands of people.
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‘The police shot hundreds of people’
Ali Amin Gandapur, Imran Khan’s aide and chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, was part of the protest. He has accused authorities of using excessive force against peaceful protesters. He has said hundreds of people have been shot. At the same time, Pakistan’s information minister and Islamabad police spokesman declined to comment on the allegation that security forces shot hundreds of people.
‘Imran Khan’s wife Bushra was attacked’
Ali Amin Gandapur, speaking to reporters in the town of Mansehra, about 130 kilometers from Islamabad, said that Imran Khan’s wife Bushra Bibi and he were directly attacked. He said Bushra, who was leading thousands of protesters, survived the attack safely. Meanwhile, PTI spokesperson Zulfikar Bukhari said the ongoing protest demanding Khan’s release has been called off, but Gandapur said the protest will continue until Khan himself calls it off.
9 people died in shootings
In fact, the PTI had demonstrated under the leadership of Bushra Bibi demanding the release of Imran Khan. During this period there was tremendous violence in Islamabad. Imran’s supporters from all over came to Islamabad on foot, barricades were erected to stop them, but the protesters broke them and moved on. During this, stones were thrown at security personnel, following which the police opened fire in which 9 people were killed.
