Several policemen have been injured during clashes with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) protesters, who resorted to stone-pelting at Dhok Kala Khan and Faizabad.
The injured officers were immediately shifted to a nearby hospital for medical treatment. According to initial reports, the protesters attacked law enforcement personnel as tensions escalated during demonstrations in these areas.
Tensions flared across Punjab and in the capital city of Islamabad as PTI workers clashed with police authorities during protests in multiple cities, resulting in arrests and violent confrontations.
PTI workers pelted police personnel with stones at Faizabad while attempting to enter Islamabad. Due to heavy police deployment, the PTI protesters failed to achieve their objectives and ended up pelting police with stones.
Police have said no miscreant will be allowed to take law into their own hands. Action will be taken against the miscreants as per law, and they will be dealt with with iron hands, they added.
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In Gujranwala's Tatlay Aali area, former PTI MNA Bilal Ijaz joined party workers in their march on Islamabad in violation of Section 144. As the police attempted to block their way, the workers started thrashing them and forced them to flee from the spot to save their lives.
Police, however, managed to arrest six workers and shift them to the local station. PTI Central Punjab President Rana Bilal Ijaz and the district president reportedly escaped from police custody during the chaos.
In Attock, the convoy of PTI workers reaching motorway M-1 from Ghazi started pelting stones with police right in the front. The PTI workers also lit a fire on the motorway, as the authorities issued warnings against such acts.
Meanwhile, on the Faisalabad-Sargodha Road, PTI workers pelted police with stones near the interchange. Over 400 individuals, including an MPA, were arrested on charges of violating Section 144 and resorting to stone-pelting. A heavy contingent of police was summoned to Sargodha Road to control the situation.
