{"id":47767,"date":"2024-09-08T12:33:36","date_gmt":"2024-09-08T07:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=47767"},"modified":"2024-09-08T12:33:36","modified_gmt":"2024-09-08T07:33:36","slug":"islamabad-on-high-alert-pti-rally-sparks-citywide-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/islamabad-on-high-alert-pti-rally-sparks-citywide-lockdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Islamabad on high alert: PTI rally sparks citywide lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: A massive security operation is underway in Islamabad, with large sections of the city sealed off ahead of a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/islamabad-seals-off-hotels-guest-houses-ahead-of-pti-power-show-details-inside\/\">Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) rally<\/a>. The rally, aimed at securing the release of a jailed party leader Imran Khan, has prompted authorities to block major roads and highways, causing widespread traffic disruptions.<\/p>\n<p>Senior PTI leaders, including <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/prime-minister-of-ajk-inaugurates-kashmir-martyrs-memorial-in-keran\/\">Chairman Imran Khan<\/a> and Opposition Leader Umar Ayub, inspected the rally site on Saturday night and expressed satisfaction with the preparations.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, a large central stage has been erected using containers, and a massive security deployment is in place.<\/p>\n<p>Major routes into the city, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/health\/conjunctivitis-spreads-in-pakistan-how-to-protect-yourself-from-the-highly-contagious-virus\/\">Express Highway<\/a>, have been blocked with barricades and containers. The closure of key bridges, such as the Khonda Bridge and Sangjani Bridge, has caused long traffic jams, with travelers facing significant delays.<\/p>\n<p>The restrictions have also affected access to the city from neighboring provinces, with containers placed at the Attock Khurd police checkpoint on the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab border.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, accusations have surfaced that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government, led by Gandapur, is using state resources to support the PTI rally.<\/p>\n<p>Rescue officials, including fire trucks and ambulances, have been deployed to Swabi, and some PTI leaders from Sindh were halted near Qazi Ahmed Road due to roadblocks.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities claim that PTI workers are responsible for the obstructions, adding to the tensions ahead of the rally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: A massive security operation is underway in Islamabad, with large sections of the city sealed off ahead of a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) rally. The rally, aimed at securing the release of a jailed party leader Imran Khan, has prompted authorities to block major roads and highways, causing widespread traffic disruptions. Senior PTI leaders, including [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":47768,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[21451,21452,21447,21453],"class_list":["post-47767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-pakistan-tehreek-e-insaf-pti-rally","tag-party-leader-imran-khan","tag-pti-power-show-in-islamabad","tag-roads-blocked"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47767","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\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47767"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47769,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47767\/revisions\/47769"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}