Islamabad: The protest at Faizabad bridge continued on Sunday as ‘religious’ parties, including the Tehreek-i-Khatm-i-Nabuwwat, Tehreek-i-Labaik Ya Rasool Allah (TLY) and the Sunni Tehreek Pakistan (ST) had been calling for the sacking of Law Minister Zahid Hamid and strict action against those behind the amendment to the Khatm-i-Nabuwwat oath in the Elections Act 2017 which had earlier been deemed a ‘clerical error’.
In Rawalpindi, enraged protesters set fire to a police checkpoint at Expressway near Rawat. The Grand-Trunk Road and Motorway, connecting Islamabad to Lahore, was closed. Five motorcycles and one car belonging to the police personnel were set alight by the protesters, police said, adding that the vehicles were personal property.
The protest participants also pelted police personnel deployed in the area with stones. However, as the police have not been issued instructions to take action against the protesters so far today, the latter’s actions were not met with any retaliation by the forces. Between 50 and 60 protesters have gathered at the Taramri Chowk on Islamabad’s Lehtarar Road, which has been blocked. Shahrah-e-Pakistan remained blocked on Sunday with oil tankers lined up along the highway since 2am.
