ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday issued restraining orders to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) from locking down the federal capital on November 2, ARY News reported.
The IHC judge Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui issued the orders while hearing petitions filed against planned lockdown of Islamabad by PTI on November 2 (Wednesday).
In his orders, the court said that fundamental rights of common man couldn’t be compromised in the name of protest. The order said it is the right of political party to register protest but nobody could be allowed to siege the city.
The order also directed the interior secretary not to allow placement of containers in the capital. It directed that the district administration should designate a specific place for the PTI public meeting.
The judge further stated that no educational institution will be closed on the day of the protest.
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PTI chairman has also warned the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) in the centre of stern consequences if the government tried to stop PTI’s peaceful protest by any means.
He urged people from across the country to come out of their homes and support PTI in its drive against corruption in the country.
The Chairman PTI Imran Khan has already clarified that this time, the siege of the federal capital would continue until the resignation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
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