ISLAMABAD – Protests broke out all across the country on Saturday as the government started taking action against Faizabad sit-in protest in Islamabad.
As soon as the news of the action against Tehreek-e-Labbaik protesters spread in the country, a number of people came out on streets and blocked the Karachi’s Hasan Square roads. Meanwhile, a few unidentified people made the Orangi Town’s markets close down.
Due to protests also in Teen Hatti and Star Gate areas of the metropolis, the traffic situation has worsened while law enforcers have used tear gas to disperse the protesting activists.
In Punjab, the protestors blocked the Silakot-Wazirabad road and burnt tires to protest against the action. Rawalpindi district bar council’s advocates blocked the city’s Katcheri Road to denounce the crackdown against Faizabad protestors.
An untoward incident occurred in Daska, when protestors started pelting stones on the police deployed to contain the emerging protest. Resultantly, a DSP was injured and taken to the hospital.
In Lahore, people are staging sit-in outside Data Darbar and have blocked Metro Bus service, causing inconvenience to regular commuters.
At least 180 people were arrested by police in Lahore after protests broke out in some 16 places of the city. SSP Operations Muntazir Mehdi has issued orders to arrest the protesters on sight.
Protesters have gathered in city’s Imamia Colony, Shahdara, Thokar Niaz Beg, Mall Road and other areas to denounce the government action against Faizabad sin-in protest.
Protests also started in Faislabad and Toba Tek Singh where people have blocked the Samandari Road by burning tires. Police everywhere are engaging the protestors and have fired teargas in a few places to disperse them.
In Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s (K-P) Peshawar many religious groups have taken to the streets against baton charge on sit-in at Islamabad. The protestors are moving towards Provincial Assembly from Peshawar Press Club.