ISLAMABAD: Following PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s threat of a long march, the government extended the deployment of Rangers in the federal capital for three months on Thursday, according to The News.
According to a news report citing sources, the deployment was approved by the federal cabinet, while the summary was approved by the interior ministry.
Following PTI chief Imran Khan’s threat of a long march to topple the government, the chief commissioner requested an extension.
Furthermore, the federal government filed a contempt of court petition against the PTI chief in the Supreme Court on Thursday in response to his call for a long march to Islamabad.
In its plea, the federal government complained to the Supreme Court that Khan was disobeying a court order by making announcements about marching into Islamabad.
The plea states that Imran Khan is making declarations to damage Islamabad. It urged the Supreme Court to require the PTI leader to see that its directives on protests and sit-ins are carried out.
The PTI will be marching on Islamabad this time with “full preparedness,” the former prime minister warned Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah last month, adding that “he should be terrified.”
The PTI leader made the threat during a workers’ conference in the nation’s capital.
Since then, the PTI leader has urged his supporters to be ready because he could at any time issue a call for the anti-government long march to Islamabad.
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