PNN – After last night’s operation by security forces to end the sit-in of supporters of Imran Khan’s party in the capital of Pakistan, relative calm has now returned to Islamabad and unconfirmed news has been published by local sources about the number of victims among the protesters.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network from Islamabad, after four days, the capital of Pakistan is witnessing the usual movement of residents and public vehicles in different parts of the city. Mobile internet service is back to normal and from tomorrow (Thursday) schools will be open in all grades in the capital.
The security situation in Islamabad escalated as a large demonstration started towards Islamabad from the surrounding cities, especially Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, on Sunday with the call of the Justice Movement Party by order of its leader Imran Khan, the deposed Prime Minister of Pakistan, and the protesters entered the city in the late hours of Monday.
Following violence and clashes between protesters and security forces in Islamabad and its surrounding areas, at least 6 policemen and rangers were killed and dozens of others were injured.
The Pakistan Justice Movement Party confirmed the death of 3 of its members yesterday, but the party’s sources claim more casualties after the security forces raided the sit-ins last night.
User accounts belonging to Imran Khan’s party have published unofficial news that at least 30 protesters were killed due to what the party called direct firing by the forces.
Imran Khan’s party also announced that more than 4,000 of its supporters have been arrested in recent days, and at the same time, Pakistani news channels, citing the police, announced that only 450 people were arrested last night in Islamabad and 800 people were arrested in Rawalpindi on suspicion of violence and unrest.
Pakistani media, quoting the officials of Imran Khan’s party, announced that the justice movement has ended its sit-in and there is no trace of the protesters and their supporters in the capital.
The Minister of Interior of Pakistan announced last night that any compromise or negotiation with the protesters is ruled out and the government will deal strictly with the violent ones.
Moments ago, Pakistan’s Information Minister Ata Ullah Tarr, during a live broadcast from Islamabad’s main square, considered the announcements made by Imran Khan’s party about the number of casualties to be baseless and said: After failing in the sit-in and being forced to retreat, the opposition is now spreading lies and making up stories.