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Final Round: Faizabad Sit-in Protesters Seized

 

Islamabad (November 123, 2017): The police, law enforcement agencies and administration have seized the protesters of Faizabad sit-in, which was holding  by the religious parties for 18 days, and they blocked the supply of food and water to protesters along with blockade of roads leading toward sit-in area.

The 18-day long sit in has camouflage the life of twin-cities residence and also severely disrupted the trade activities in the in both cities.

Finally, government, in light of SC today’s order, has decided to launch crackdown against the protesters of Faizabad sit-in and implementing the strategy the roads leading to Dharna have been sealed and supply of food and water have also been cut down. The police, Rangers and FC personnel beleaguered the sit-in crowd by erecting barbed wires, containers and placing blocks on all the roads leading towards Dharna.

Police has captured more than 100 protesters who were coming for participating or going out from Dharna so far and kept them in different police stations of Rawalpindi and Islamabad.

According to sources after the continue persisting of deadlock in talks with protesters, government has decided to not make more efforts to solve the issue through talks.

Initially protesters will be given warning to vacate the areas voluntarily and if the failed to abide the instruction the legal action will be taken.

“All the arrangements of crackdown have been finalized and will in action just after the go head from government,” sources said.

Earlier in the day, The Supreme Court blamed the government for not taking timely action to avert the Faizabad sit-in.

The Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Interior submitted their reports to the bench during the hearing of the notice taken by the Supreme Court on the Faizabad sit-in.

Reading the reports Justice Mushir Alam asked the Attorney General if he had gone through the reports himself.

Also part of the bench, Justice Qazi Faez Isa remarked that though there were differences the parties should have approached the courts.

“If something is against the Shariah we have a Shariah Court to resolve the matter,” Justice Isa said adding that this sit-in is setting a bad precedent as anyone can bring the city to a standstill to get their demands across.

“The govt and protesters are missing a key point while negotiating that Islam teaches to remove even a stone from someone’s way,” Justice Isa remarked.

Rubbishing the reports submitted by the Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Interior, Justice Isa said that the media is far more updated than the details in the reports.

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