{"id":43069,"date":"2024-07-26T16:15:40","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T11:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=43069"},"modified":"2024-07-26T16:15:40","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T11:15:40","slug":"red-zone-sealed-ahead-of-jamaat-e-islami-sit-in-at-d-chowk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/islamabad\/red-zone-sealed-ahead-of-jamaat-e-islami-sit-in-at-d-chowk\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Zone sealed ahead of Jamaat-e-Islami sit-in at D-Chowk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Amid a sit-in protest of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/punjab-islamabad-impose-section-144-for-three-days\/\">Jamaat-e-Islami (JI)<\/a> in the federal capital, Authorities have sealed the Red Zone by placing containers on key intersections, including D Chowk, Nadra Chowk, and Sarina Chowk.<\/p>\n<p>The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) has announced a sit-in at Islamabad\u2019s D-Chowk against electricity price hikes and inflation, while Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) also announced a countrywide protest against the recent surge in electricity bills and the rising inflation.<\/p>\n<p>Jamaat-e-Islami Emir Hafiz Naeemur Rehman said that the historic sit-in on Friday will represent 250 million people of Pakistan, and we will sit peacefully at D-Chowk.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"ur\">\u0631\u06cc\u0688\u0632\u0648\u0646 \u062c\u0627\u0646\u06d2 \u0648\u0627\u0644\u06d2 \u0631\u0627\u0633\u062a\u0648\u06ba \u067e\u0631 \u0628\u06be\u06cc \u062e\u0627\u0631 \u062f\u0627\u0631 \u062a\u0627\u0631\u06cc\u06ba \u0644\u06af\u0627 \u06a9\u0631 \u0628\u0646\u062f \u06a9\u0631\u0646\u06d2 \u06a9\u06d2 \u0627\u0646\u062a\u0638\u0627\u0645\u0627\u062a \u0645\u06a9\u0645\u0644<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ABNNews?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ABNNews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xW46dxiyaa\">pic.twitter.com\/xW46dxiyaa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ABN NEWS (@abnnewspk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/abnnewspk\/status\/1816789309309297118?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the sit-in, police in various areas of Punjab and Rawalpindi raided the homes of JI leaders and officials, arresting several of them.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of opposition protests, the\u00a0Federal Government on Thursday announced the implementation of Section 144 across Islamabad for the next three days, avoiding any public gatherings.<\/p>\n<p>The Government introduced these measures with potential terrorist threats. Capital City management issued warnings against any violation, focusing that any negligence will be faced with strict penalties.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, the Punjab Home Department declared that Section 144 will be operational from July 26 to July 28.<\/p>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-473dfed elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-content\" data-id=\"473dfed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-content.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>Islamabad police have also shared a traffic plan for the federal capital for today due to the closure of main roads and junctions.<\/p>\n<div id=\"post_content\" class=\"has-drop-cap-fluid\">\n<p>Citizens are instructed to use the Rawalpindi Sadar route if Rawat T Chowk is closed. If Peshawar GT Road will close, commuters can use the motorway as an alternate route.<\/p>\n<p>If the Srinagar Highway from G14 is closed, citizens should use Peshawar Road, GT Road, and Colonel Sher Khan (IJP) Road.<\/p>\n<p>If Faizabad is inaccessible from the Islamabad Expressway, traffic coming from Rawalpidni can use Khanna Bridge, Lehtrar Road, Captain Tufail Shaheed Road, and Park Road as an alternative.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Commuters traveling from Rawalpindi can take 9th Avenue in case Faizabad on Murree Road is closed. In case, Zero-Point is closed commuters can use Faisal Avenue and Jinnah Avenue. If Serena Chowk is closed use 7 Avenue and for Embassy Road closure use Shaheed Millat Road, China Chowk underpass, and F-6.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Amid a sit-in protest of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) in the federal capital, Authorities have sealed the Red Zone by placing containers on key intersections, including D Chowk, Nadra Chowk, and Sarina Chowk. The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) has announced a sit-in at Islamabad\u2019s D-Chowk against electricity price hikes and inflation, while Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) also announced a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":43073,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14809,2],"tags":[5225,11006,19886],"class_list":["post-43069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islamabad","category-pakistan","tag-red-zone","tag-jamaat-e-islami-protest","tag-red-zone-sealed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43069"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43074,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43069\/revisions\/43074"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}