Islamabad: Police tear-gassed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) convoy led by Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur, heading towards Islamabad’s D-Chowk for a protest has faced intense police action as it approached Rawalpindi.

The police resorted to heavy tear gas shelling to disperse the protesters, Express News reported. The incident escalated at Chungi No. 26, where PTI supporters set a crane and a motorcycle on fire.

Lahore: The intercity transport in provincial capital has been suspended amid Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s call for protest at Minar-e-Pakistan.

However, metro bus service and city transport could be observed partially operational at different routes. The buses are running between Gajjumata and MAO College, while the section from MAO to Shahdara remains suspended due to road blockages.

City administration has blocked all the adjacent arteries and roads of Minar-e-Pakistan by placing containers and barricades.

On other hand, the Orange Line train service is operating normally despite the protest call.

In preparation for the protests, heavy police force has started reaching the main highways, with over 10,000 police personnel, including the anti-riot force, deployed across Lahore to maintain peace and order.

Police have been deployed inside the Azadi Flyover and Greater Iqbal Park, while students gathering on the top of the flyover were dispersed by the police.

Islamabad: Khyber Pkahtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur said on Saturday that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) won’t retreat from reaching the destination.

Calling PTI founder Imran Khan a redline of workers, Gandapur said that they will stand by the truth as Allah Almighty detests arrogance the most. Pharoah was also very arrogant but he was defeated by Moses.

Brushing aside the heightened threat of arrest of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) workers by the government, KP CM vowed to reach Islamabad’s D-Chowk for lodging the protest at all costs.