(27 Nov 2024)
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Islamabad, Pakistan – 27 November 2024
1. Various of officials removing shipping containers which were used to lockdown capital and block roads
2. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Muhammad Ali Randhawa, Chief Commissioner Islamabad:
“At this time we have opened all the roads leading into Islamabad, Islamabad is clear in all aspects, and all the stops and business centres which were shut due to the onslaught of the miscreants, and the safety and security, have all been reponed and are clear.”
3. Various of capital development authority clearing road
4. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Syed Ali Nasir Rizvi, Inspector General of Police:
“In a joint operation conducted by Islamabad Police, Rangers and Punjab police have arrested 954 protesters in the last three days, and in which 610 were arrested in last night’s operation, and more than 200 vehicles have been impounded and caught, and a large number of weapons have also been seized.”
5. Various of seized weapons
6. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Syed Ali Nasir Rizvi, Inspector General of Police:
“When the police are attacked, when rangers are attacked, when all government and public property is damaged, when it is not seen from where anyone leaves, and 2.5 million citizens here are besieged and sit in their homes, then it’s not a protest, then this is terrorism.”
7. Various of burned truck used by Khan’s wife Bushra Bibi during march
8. Various of police officials removing damaged cars left by protesters
9. Various of security with riot gear and police near red zone
STORYLINE:
Authorities reopened roads linking Pakistan’s capital with the rest of the country, ending a four-day lockdown, Wednesday after using tear gas and firing into the air to disperse supporters of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan, who marched to Islamabad to demand his release from prison.
“At this time we have opened all the roads leading into Islamabad, Islamabad is clear in all aspects, and all the stops and business centres which were shut due to the onslaught of the miscreants, and the safety and security, have all been reponed and are clear,” said Islamabad Chief Commissioner Muhammad Ali Randhawa.
Khan’s wife, Bushra Bibi, who was leading the protest, and other demonstrators fled in vehicles when police pushed back against the rallygoers following clashes in which at least seven people were killed.
The police operation came hours after thousands of Khan supporters, defying government warnings, broke through a barrier of shipping containers blocking off Islamabad and entered a high-security zone, where they clashed with security forces.
Tension has been high in Islamabad since Sunday when supporters of the former prime minister began a “long march” from the restive northwest to demand his release.
Khan has been in a prison for over a year and faces more than 150 criminal cases that his party says are politically motivated.
Hundreds of demonstrators have been arrested since Sunday.
Bibi and leaders of her husband’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party fled to Mansehra in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, where the party still rules.
Khan, who remains a popular opposition figure, was ousted in 2022 through a no-confidence vote in Parliament.
AP production by Abdul Rehman Achakzai
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