After Punjab, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has also written a letter to the federal government seeking the requisition of armed forces to maintain law-and-order in the province.
In a notification, the KP government requested that Armed Forced be deployed in the province in view of the “prevailing law and order situation, the safety of life and property of citizens as well as security of government installations”.
Earlier, the interior ministry approved the deployment of armed troops in Punjab.
Meanwhile, PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry has urged party supporters to remain peaceful, saying that efforts were underway to portray the PTI as a violent party.
“I want to tell our workers to keep the protests peaceful and defeat the conspiracy to bring the army and public face to face,” he tweeted.
“This country is ours and so is the army,” Fawad added.
Moreover, PTI Vice-Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi expressed shock at the move and raised questions about Army deployment in Punjab.
“When the Supreme Court had sought security personnel for election duty, it was told that the deployment was not possible because of the country’s internal security situation,” he said in a video message on Twitter.
“How are they now deploying the army?” Qureshi questioned.
