LAHORE – After Islamabad, the Punjab government also sought deployment of the army troops to maintain law and order situation on Saturday.
The provincial government wrote to the federal government for its approval for deployment of the army troops. The army was called to six districts in the province and would take control of sensitive buildings, airports, and other important sites.
The Punjab Home Department sent a letter to the federal government regarding the deployment of the army.
The army troops were deployed in Islamabad on Friday.
On the other hand, a convoy led by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur, headed for the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) protest at D-Chowk in Islamabad, on Saturday reached near Rawalpindi.
The heavy shelling is underway by the police in the Thatha Khalil area of Taxila.
The protesters are responding by throwing stones back at the police and returning the shells.
After fierce resistance, the PTI demonstrators managed to overcome obstacles at the Pather Ghar Katti hill.
In response to the PTI protest, the military units have been deployed behind what the government authorities said troublemakers, and Gandapur’s convoy would spend the night at Bahattar.
Around 800 PTI workers have entered the limits of Rawalpindi.
The main convoy is currently clearing obstacles at Pather Ghar Katti, with participants walking side by side.
At the 26 Number Chungi, the workers set fire to a crane and a motorcycle.
