The protesters have blocked entrances to almost all the major cities of Punjab including Lahore, Sheikhupura, Gujranwala, Faisalabad etc as the security agencies on Saturday started an operation against the protesters in the national capital Islamabad. The protesters had been sitting at the Faizabad Interchange, which is the entrance into Islamabad, for last several days. Supreme Court (SC) had ordered the protesters to evacuate the area last week after taking a suo moto notice of the issue.
So far 220 people have been injured in the operations so far. Over 300 people have been arrested. Dozens of police officers and paramilitary personnel were also injured during the skirmishes. The protesters throughout the country have demanded that the protesters arrested by the government during Faizabad operation must be released. Tehreek-e-Labbaik Ya Rasool Allah (TLY) claims that 17 people have died so far.
However, the police and FC personnel are now regrouping and another major operation is about to be launched. PML-N MNA Nizamuddin Sayyal also resigned from his seat as a protest against the operation.
