{"id":129980,"date":"2024-11-25T17:47:14","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T10:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=129980"},"modified":"2024-11-25T17:47:14","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T10:47:14","slug":"pakistani-capital-under-lockdown-to-block-rally-by-imran-khan-supporters-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=129980","title":{"rendered":"Pakistani capital under lockdown to block rally by Imran Khan supporters | Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Pakistan\u2019s capital was put under lockdown as the government shut down the internet, blocked highways and brought in thousands of police and paramilitaries in an attempt to prevent supporters of the former prime minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/imran-khan\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Imran Khan<\/a> protesting in Islamabad.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Khan, who has been in jail for more than a year facing hundreds of charges, had issued a \u201cfinal call\u201d for his supporters to descend on Islamabad to demand his release and protest against recent changes to the judiciary and constitution.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The former prime minister has alleged his imprisonment is part of a political agenda by the military and the ruling government to keep him out of power. They have alleged there was widespread rigging in February\u2019s election, where his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/pakistan\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Pakistan<\/a> Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party says it won the popular vote, and are now demanding free and fair polls take place.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"c876af1d-be9a-491a-b829-b32032299b10\" data-spacefinder-role=\"richLink\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-1your1i\"><gu-island name=\"RichLinkComponent\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{&quot;richLinkIndex&quot;:3,&quot;element&quot;:{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement&quot;,&quot;prefix&quot;:&quot;Related: &quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Pakistan military has no intention of cutting deal with jailed former prime minister Imran Khan \u2013 sources&quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;c876af1d-be9a-491a-b829-b32032299b10&quot;,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;richLink&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/nov\/15\/pakistan-military-has-no-intention-of-cutting-deal-with-jailed-former-prime-minister-imran-khan-sources&quot;},&quot;ajaxUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/api.nextgen.guardianapps.co.uk&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;design&quot;:0,&quot;display&quot;:0,&quot;theme&quot;:0}}\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The lockdown of the city began on Friday as a convoy of tens of thousands of supporters of the PTI heeded Khan\u2019s call from inside prison and began to march towards Islamabad from regions across the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The coalition government, led by the prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, and his Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) party, has been accused of a draconian response to the PTI protest, which is due to reach the capital by late Monday or Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Roadblocks were put in place across the country to try to halt their progress while mobile internet and access to messaging services such as WhatsApp was blocked in areas of Punjab, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and tens of thousands of troops and police officers were deployed to restrict movement. The capital resembled a fortress of shipping containers, and the red zone, which includes all parliamentary buildings, was completely sealed off by barricades.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">According to PTI, Khan\u2019s supporters have been targeted with teargas and baton charges by police as they moved towards Islamabad and upwards of 5,000 PTI protesters and leaders, mainly coming from Khan\u2019s stronghold region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, have already been arrested en route. PTI supporters responded by throwing stones at police and setting alight their vehicles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Bishra Bibi, Khan\u2019s wife, who was recently released from prison, is among those taking part in the march. \u201cUntil Imran is with us, we will not end this march, I will stay there till my last breath, and all of you have to support me,\u201d said Bibi, as she addressed supporters on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Shaikh Waqas Akram, the PTI information secretary, said more than 70,000 people were marching on the capital from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa alone and they intended to enclose Islamabad from three sides.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cThe police in Punjab and other places have fired rubber bullets, expired shells and stun grenades at us. They are trying to stop a peaceful protest for the release of Khan,\u201d Akram said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">However, Akram said the PTI was \u201cfully prepared\u201d, and had brought trucks with large fans to disperse teargas and rubber bullets fired by police. The timing of when the marchers would reach Islamabad \u201cdepends on how fast we can overcome the hurdles in our way\u201d, he added, but said it could take another day at least.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">He claimed that the military had requested that members of the senior leadership meet with Khan in Rawalpindi\u2019s Adiala jail in an effort to get the former prime minister to call off the march. \u201cAll our demands are important but the only demand the government and establishment can fulfil immediately is to release all political prisoners including Khan,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The government described the PTI march as a \u201cwell-thought out conspiracy\u201d as it coincides with a state visit by the president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, and vowed to arrest every PTI protester who tried to get into Islamabad.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Ahsan Iqbal, the federal minister for planning, accused Khan of trying to circumvent the justice system by using force to demand his release from jail. \u201cHis release hinges on clearance from the courts. He will have to clear himself from the cases registered against him. Without this, the government cannot release him,\u201d said Iqbal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Supporters and leadership of PTI have faced a sustained crackdown by the government for over a year, since Khan was arrested last August. Khan had governed until 2022, when his government was toppled after he fell out with the country\u2019s powerful army chief.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">In an interview with the Guardian this month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/nov\/15\/pakistan-military-has-no-intention-of-cutting-deal-with-jailed-former-prime-minister-imran-khan-sources\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">speaking from prison, Khan<\/a> said he would be willing to negotiate again with the military, but senior army leaders said they had no interest in striking a deal with the former prime minister to ensure his release.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/nov\/25\/pakistan-islamabad-lockdown-block-rally-imran-khan-supporters\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan\u2019s capital was put under lockdown as the government shut down the internet, blocked highways and brought in thousands of police and paramilitaries in an attempt to prevent supporters of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=129980\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=129980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129980\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=129980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=129980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=129980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}