ISLAMABAD: Rawalpindi Police is flexing muscles to counter the November 2 lock down of the Pakistan Tehreek e Insaaf in Islamabad.

PTI prepares plan B for the November 2 Islamabad sit in

Rawalpindi Police has demanded 6,800 rubber bullets, 300 shipping containers and 10,000 tear gas shells during the PTI’s planned siege of Islamabad on Nov 2.

A senior police officer said preparations had been started to handle the PTI’s planned protest in Rawalpindi, Attock, Jhelum and Chakwal.

Though neither the RPO nor the CPO officially gave details of the plan, the senior police officer said no political worker would be allowed to enter Islamabad on Nov 2.

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Police have demanded 5,000 rubber bullets, 300 freight shipping containers, 1,500 batons, 5,000 tear gas shells, 2,000 extra personnel and 25 sections of the Elite Force commandoes for November 2.

PTI has refused to accept the government offer of postponing the November 2 lock down of the Islamabad.