By Press Trust of India: Violent clashes between Imran Khan’s supporters and security forces have left not lower than seven people lifeless and virtually 300 injured all through Pakistan because the army was deployed inside the nation’s capital Islamabad, along with in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces on Wednesday to deal with regulation and order.
At least 14 authorities buildings/installations have been set on fireside by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf celebration supporters in Punjab province following the dramatic arrest of Khan in a corruption case on Tuesday, police said.
The regulation enforcement companies have arrested 1,150 PTI supporters along with girls in Punjab alone to date. Two excessive leaders – PTI Secretary General Asad Umar, former Punjab governor Omar Sarfraz Cheema and PTI Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi – have been moreover arrested on Wednesday.
The state of affairs in Lahore and numerous different totally different cities of Punjab remained tense on Wednesday inside the wake of the arrest of the PTI chief.
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As the police did not handle the law-and-order state of affairs inside the province, the Punjab authorities often known as for the deployment of the Pakistan Army.
As many as 10 companies of the army have been requested to be deployed inside the province of 120 million to handle the state of affairs. The federal authorities has accepted deployment of the Army in Punjab.
“The protesters have set on fire 14 government installations/buildings and 21 police vehicles in Punjab. Over 130 officials and officers of the security agencies have been wounded. Police arrested 1,150 miscreants during their clashes with the security agencies and causing damage to the state property,” the Punjab police said in a press launch.
The police said those who set the federal authorities installations on fireside are being acknowledged by video footage and strict movement is likely to be taken in opposition to them.
Immediately after the within ministry authorised the deployment of the army in Islamabad, the capital police said that Pakistan Army troops have been reaching numerous areas in Islamabad.
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It tweeted that the Rangers and armed forces have been on the scene to deal with public order.
“All those who are spreading incitement are requested to stop,” it said and requested girls and children to refrain from travelling.
According to the Khan’s celebration, one particular person has been killed each in Lahore, Faisalabad and Burewala cities of Punjab. It said over 150 protesters have been injured in Punjab alone.
Lahore, the provincial capital of Punjab, remained nearly decrease off from the rest of the nation as a result of protest demonstrations of the PTI workers on all its foremost roads.
On Tuesday, the protesters had set ablaze the Corps Commander’s residence in Lahore after ransacking it. They moreover pelted stones on the Governor’s House and attacked the ruling PML-N headquarters in Lahore, torching the cars parked over there.
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In footage circulating on completely totally different social media platforms, Khan’s supporters have been seen carrying golf gear and celebration flags as they arrived on the Corps Commander’s residence inside the Cantonment house. They broke the precept gate of the Corps Commander’s residence. Video footage circulating on social media confirmed Khan’s supporters breaking window panes, TVs and furnishings of the house and as well as setting timber and furnishings on fireside.
In one different video, protesters have been seen pelting stones and bottles at a army convoy on the Mall Road, Lahore.
In Peshawar, not lower than 4 people have been killed and 27 others injured in clashes between protestors and police, a spokesperson of Lady Reading Hospital confirmed.
Protestors moreover set fireside to the setting up of state-run Radio Pakistan, inflicting excessive hurt to the studios, auditorium and totally different facilities, Director General Radio Pakistan Peshawar Tahir Hassan instructed the media.
The office of Associated Press of Pakistan located inside the setting up was ransacked and damaged.
In Islamabad, the protestors clashed with police and the Srinagar Highway linking the nationwide capital with its worldwide airport remained blocked for numerous hours.
IG Islamabad Akbar Nasir Khan instructed the media that not lower than 5 police personnel have been injured.
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“We are trying our best to maintain peace and disperse the miscreants,” he said.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan, and Islamabad also called in the army as violence spread.
In Sindh, the government imposed Section 144 to control the situation.
Police informed Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah that around 270 people were arrested in the province.
Special Assistance to PM Atta Tarar told the media that no one was allowed to damage the state property. “Now movement is likely to be taken. The miscreants are being acknowledged by CCTV cameras. Everyone is likely to be arrested,” he said.
PTI chief Fawad Chaudhry requested his supporters to remain peaceful, saying that efforts have been underway to portray the celebration as a violent celebration. “I want to tell our workers to keep the protests peaceful and defeat the conspiracy to bring the army and public face to face,” he tweeted.
“This nation is ours and so is the army,” Fawad said.
Khan was taken into custody by the paramilitary Rangers on Tuesday on the orders of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) from the premises of the Islamabad High Court the place he obtained right here to attend a corruption case listening to.
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