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LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: In unprecedented scenes, supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan stormed on Tuesday Pakistan Army Headquarters In the garrison city of Rawalpindi and the corps commander’s residence in Lahore after his dramatic arrest in a corruption case.
Khan, who had traveled from Lahore to the federal capital Islamabad, was undergoing a biometrics operation at the Islamabad High Court when the paramilitary guards opened the glass window and arrested him after beating Khan’s lawyers and security staff.
The arrest of the 70-year-old Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief comes a day after he accused the powerful military of making baseless allegations against a senior officer in the ISI.
As the news of his arrest by the Rangers spread, mass protests broke out in several cities across Pakistan. The demonstrators in several places turned violent, burning police vehicles and causing damage to public property.
The guards, who work under the supervision of the Ministry of the Interior, are usually commanded by officers seconded from the army.
For the first time, Khan’s supporters broke down the main gate of the army’s sprawling headquarters in Rawalpindi, as troops exercised restraint. The demonstrators chanted anti-establishment slogans.
And in Lahore, a large number of Lahore Movement workers stormed the Corps headquarters in Lahore and smashed the gate and window panes. However, the army personnel present there did not try to stop the angry demonstrators who surrounded them and chanted slogans against the “dealers” in the government led by the Islamic League Party in the military establishment. The demonstrators staged a demonstration in the Cantonment area.
Lahore was effectively cut off from the rest of the province by the protest on major roads including entry and exit points.
The interim government of Punjab called in the guards to control the law and order situation in the most populous province and imposed Article 144 under which no more than five people could congregate at a time.
According to the Ministry of Interior, the ban on gatherings is in effect for two days.
The Punjab government has also asked the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority to suspend internet and mobile phone services in areas of the province that have seen violent protests.
A large number of movement workers also threw stones at the home of Interior Minister Rana Sanalla in the city of Faisalabad. Similarly, protests were held in the cities of Multan, Jhang, Gujranwala, Sheikhupura, Kasur, Khanewal, Fahari, Gujranwala, Hafizabad and Gujrat.
Khan, who had traveled from Lahore to the federal capital Islamabad, was undergoing a biometrics operation at the Islamabad High Court when the paramilitary guards opened the glass window and arrested him after beating Khan’s lawyers and security staff.
The arrest of the 70-year-old Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief comes a day after he accused the powerful military of making baseless allegations against a senior officer in the ISI.
As the news of his arrest by the Rangers spread, mass protests broke out in several cities across Pakistan. The demonstrators in several places turned violent, burning police vehicles and causing damage to public property.
The guards, who work under the supervision of the Ministry of the Interior, are usually commanded by officers seconded from the army.
For the first time, Khan’s supporters broke down the main gate of the army’s sprawling headquarters in Rawalpindi, as troops exercised restraint. The demonstrators chanted anti-establishment slogans.
And in Lahore, a large number of Lahore Movement workers stormed the Corps headquarters in Lahore and smashed the gate and window panes. However, the army personnel present there did not try to stop the angry demonstrators who surrounded them and chanted slogans against the “dealers” in the government led by the Islamic League Party in the military establishment. The demonstrators staged a demonstration in the Cantonment area.
Lahore was effectively cut off from the rest of the province by the protest on major roads including entry and exit points.
The interim government of Punjab called in the guards to control the law and order situation in the most populous province and imposed Article 144 under which no more than five people could congregate at a time.
According to the Ministry of Interior, the ban on gatherings is in effect for two days.
The Punjab government has also asked the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority to suspend internet and mobile phone services in areas of the province that have seen violent protests.
A large number of movement workers also threw stones at the home of Interior Minister Rana Sanalla in the city of Faisalabad. Similarly, protests were held in the cities of Multan, Jhang, Gujranwala, Sheikhupura, Kasur, Khanewal, Fahari, Gujranwala, Hafizabad and Gujrat.
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