{"id":25757,"date":"2024-11-28T07:04:05","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T07:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/?p=25757"},"modified":"2024-11-28T07:11:12","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T07:11:12","slug":"pakistani-forces-launch-night-time-crackdown-against-imran-khan-supporters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/2024\/11\/pakistani-forces-launch-night-time-crackdown-against-imran-khan-supporters\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistani forces launch night-time crackdown against Imran Khan supporters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>MONITORING (SW) &#8211; Pakistan security forces launched a night-time operation to disperse thousands of supporters of the country\u2019s jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan, after the crowd broke through barricades and gathered in the capital Islamabad demanding his release.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3y08tvx00063b6mdaop0q0d@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\" data-analytics-observe=\"on\">Authorities had enforced a security lockdown in the country, imposed internet blackouts and barricaded major roads leading to the capital to prevent protesters from entering, after Khan called on supporters to march on parliament, reported CNN.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3y08tvx00073b6mvi4hi0zs@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\" data-analytics-observe=\"on\">Pakistan\u2019s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi told reporters that protesters could remain on the outskirts of Islamabad, but threatened extreme measures if they entered the city.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-slot-dynamic ad-slot-dynamic--1\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/ad-slot-dynamic\/instances\/sharethrough@published\" data-placement=\"{&quot;mobile&quot;:{&quot;position&quot;:5},&quot;desktop&quot;:{&quot;position&quot;:3}}\" data-unselectable=\"true\">\n<div class=\"ad-slot\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/ad-slot\/instances\/cnn-v1@published\" data-path=\"end\/ad-slot-dynamic[0]\/items\" data-desktop-slot-id=\"ad_nat_btf_01\" data-mobile-slot-id=\"ad_nat_btf_01\" data-unselectable=\"true\">\n<div class=\"ad-slot__feedback ad-feedback-link-container\">\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Defying the warnings, protesters marched to the edge of the city\u2019s high-security red zone and clashed with security forces, amid volleys of tear gas and reports of mass arrests. Several people reportedly died in the unrest, mostly from the security services.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3zgfysa00003b6m1qe5hhve@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\" data-analytics-observe=\"on\">On Wednesday Khan\u2019s party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), said in a message on X that it was calling off the protests \u201cfor the time being.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-slot-dynamic ad-slot-dynamic--1\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/ad-slot-dynamic\/instances\/outstream@published\" data-placement=\"{&quot;mobile&quot;:{&quot;position&quot;:7},&quot;desktop&quot;:{&quot;position&quot;:6}}\" data-unselectable=\"true\">\n<div class=\"ad-slot-dynamic__close\">A convoy of vehicles carrying protesters set off from the city of Peshawar Sunday as part of a \u201clong march\u201d with the aim of reaching the capital, about 180 kilometers (110 miles) away.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3y09hit000h3b6mxhk88o14@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\" data-analytics-observe=\"on\">Led by Khan\u2019s wife Bushra Bibi and Ali Amin Gandapur, chief minister in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa \u2013 where PTI remains in power \u2013 the protesters planned to hold a sit-in at D-Chowk, a large square near the country\u2019s parliament.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3z8m0id00063b6me9onbvsy@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\" data-analytics-observe=\"on\">At least six people, including four security officials, were killed in the protests on Tuesday, according to the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3y09hit000l3b6m2vch7ohv@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\" data-analytics-observe=\"on\">Doctors at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences told CNN earlier on Tuesday that five people had died, including four security officials and one civilian. Multiple sources told CNN a car rammed into them during the protests.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3y09ztw000v3b6m1gepzhc3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\" data-analytics-observe=\"on\">The PTI has accused the government of using excessive force, saying \u201cbullets were fired at protesters,\u201d whom it described as peaceful. It said about two dozen protesters had been injured.<\/p>\n<h6 data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3y09ztw000v3b6m1gepzhc3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\" data-analytics-observe=\"on\"><em><strong>ENDS<\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MONITORING (SW) &#8211; Pakistan security forces launched a night-time operation to disperse thousands of supporters of the country\u2019s jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan, after the crowd broke through barricades and gathered in the capital Islamabad demanding his release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":25758,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[990,1,984,194,4,899,7,178],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-0_swnen","category-news","category-world","category-news_","category-trending","category-headline","category-pakistan"],"views":68,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25757"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25760,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25757\/revisions\/25760"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}