Worker protests are called off at Imran’s order.
The report’s findings that the protests had halted public transportation and otherwise impacted daily life led to this decision.
ISLAMABAD:
PTI leader Imran Khan on Tuesday ordered the party’s workers to put an end to the continuing protests in a number of cities in light of the problems the general people is experiencing as tensions remain high and protesters continue to clog other motorways and the main thoroughfares of the twin cities.
However, no such choice has yet been made in relation to the demonstrations taking place in Islamabad’s environs.
The PTI leaders have also been notified of the party leader’s decision to put a halt to the ongoing protests, which were started nationwide following the attempt on his life last week, in order to clear the main thoroughfares and roadways.
In a report about how people reacted to the closure of major highways, according to the sources, Imran Khan was informed that educational institutions in the twin cities had also been closed as a result of PTI protests in Rawalpindi.
The ambulance service was also disrupted as a result of PTI protests, sources said, adding that the disruption of public life was giving the populace a “poor perception” of the PTI in Punjab, where the party is in charge of affairs.
Activists block highways in a fresh demonstration
In a demonstration against an attempt to assassinate their leader at a recent anti-government rally, supporters of the former prime minister blocked roads close to the capital on Tuesday, causing traffic chaos and forcing the closure of schools.
Imran was shot during the protest last Thursday. Imran has been advocating for a general election since he was removed as prime minister in April after losing a vote of confidence in parliament. He has leg wounds that are healing. According to police official Yawar Ali, “many are finding it very difficult to go to work.” “For hours, families have been snarled in traffic. Even claims that the demonstrators had blocked ambulances’ passage are available.”
However, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif rejected his call for fresh elections, and the ensuing impasse has fueled unrest in the 220 million-person nation with nuclear weapons. Late on Monday, Khan’s followers started protesting on main roadways near Islamabad.
The roads leading to the airport in Islamabad as well as those connecting the city with Lahore and Peshawar have been closed.
Tyres were burned in television images of Imran’s supporters setting up protest camps along roadways. A government decree seen by Reuters stated that all public and private schools were to be closed for the day. On October 28, Imran, 70, began what is referred to as a long-march protest rally from Lahore to the capital.
Last Thursday, a guy opened fire on him when he was waving to the crowd in Wazirabad city, Punjab province, from a container mounted on a truck. Khan was one of the 10 injured victims. One member of the party died. The alleged shooter was taken into custody by police.
Late on Monday, PTI made the announcement that the march would resume on Thursday near the scene of Khan’s attack, with Khan serving as a virtual leader. The political unrest occurs while Pakistan struggles economically, which has been made worse by recent flooding that the government says resulted in $30 billion in losses to the economy.
