The Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) is protesting outside
the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) against the delay in proceedings of
PTI's foreign funding case.
On Monday, Prime Minister Imran Khan directed his government
to allow the PDM to protest outside the ECP office. According to Geo News, two
platoons of Punjab Rangers have been deployed along with police personnel
around the ECP office and main entrance with barbed wire.
The government has beefed up security around the
Commission’s building to avoid any untoward incident with Interior Minister
Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed reviewing security and is personally monitoring the
situation from the Control Room.
Ahmed said this was the first time that the government was
allowing such a demonstration on the Constitution Avenue – red zone of the
federal capital. “I hope the Opposition parties hold a peaceful protest,” he
stressed.
A day earlier, the interior minister had warned the
Opposition parties to not take law into their hands during the protest or they
would be responsible for the consequences. He said Rawalpindi and Islamabad
have been on high alert since December 15 with at least seven terror threats
issued by NACTA.
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