ISLAMABAD: Over 250 leaders and the workers of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf were booked by Islamabad’s police in the wake of protests following attack on the former prime minister and PTI chief Imran Khan in Wazirabad.
As per details, PTI workers and workers including Deputy Speaker Punjab Assembly Wasiq Qayyum Abbasi and Amir Kayani and others were booked by the Islamabad police.
At Faizabad Interchange, PTI workers pelted stones at FC and Islamabad police personnel, forcing the law enforcers to fire tear gas shells to disperse the demonstrators. The police also took custody of two PTI workers.
The protesters blocked the road leading up to Faizabad, causing problems for the people travelling to Islamabad.
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After a brief pause, protests at Faizabad resumed with police claiming that the protesters have started setting trees and plants on fire.
Islamabad Police said that “armed” protesters blocked the road, adding that the police were identifying such elements.
The police also claimed that they have received complaints about protesters looting valuables from people on motorcycles and cars.
Meanwhile, PTI leader and former human rights minister Shireen Mazari has said that protesters were stopped by police at Lahore Cantt.
