Punjab Seals Routes as PTI March Nears
Authorities closed key highways and suspended services as they cited security threats and said 13 days of public gatherings were banned across Punjab.
- The Punjab government imposed a 13-day ban on public gatherings across the province to thwart Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's planned long march on Islamabad scheduled for September 27.
- Officials cited intelligence regarding an imminent security threat from militant groups planning attacks on public gatherings, justifying the provincial government's deployment of paramilitary forces across four districts.
- Authorities closed Motorway M-1, M-14, and Road N-5 from both sides, while the federal Ministry of Interior received requests to suspend mobile and internet services in parts of Rawalpindi and Attock.
- The Cabinet Committee on Law and Order approved deploying Rangers in Rawalpindi, Attock, Jhelum, and Mianwali until October 5 under Article 245 of Pakistan's Constitution and the Pakistan Rangers Ordinance, 1959.
- These restrictions precede the arrival of protest caravans led by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister on September 27, with the government having detained several PTI leaders and relatives of party founder Imran Khan.
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