Interior ministry has issued notification of deployment of army in the capital to check violence and mass protests that ensued security operation launched by the federal government to end sit-in of religious parties against a controversial amendment in Elections Act 2017.
Issuance of the notification has come in less than 24 hours after police contingents began to coercively clear Faizabad Interchange and surroundings where protesters had camped in late October.
Deployment of sufficient number of troops of Pak Army is to be determined by the Commander 111 Brigade, the notification reads.
