The PTI has started its countrywide protests against the attack on party Chairman Imran Khan.
\nEarlier, the party leadership said that they would start holding demonstrations countrywide after Friday prayers.
\nThe party is staging protests in major cities across Pakistan including Karachi, Islamabad, Lahore, Quetta, Peshawar, Malakand, Rajanpur, Bahawalnagar, Muzaffargarh, and Kohat, among others.
\nKhan\u2019s supporters are also protesting in Rawalpindi\u2019s Faizabad Interchange against the assassination attempt on him a day earlier.
\nKarachi’s Shahrah-Faisal has been cleared for traffic following protests.
\nEarlier, Karachi Police baton-charged and fired tear gas shells at the protesters on the city’s crucial artery to ensure their dispersal.
\nPTI MPA Raja Azhar Khan sustained injuries due to the police\u2019s baton-charge and stampede on Shahrah-e-Faisal. He vowed to move court against SSP South.
\n\u201cShelling and rubber bullets cannot bring down our morale,\u201d he added.
\nPolice, however, said that around 300 to 500 protesters were heading toward Metropole from the Gora Qabaristan (Christian\u2019s cemetery). The protesters did not stop despite several warnings. Finally, the police used tear gas near Jinnah Hospital Mor to disperse the protestors.
\nTwo hours after the clashes, the police finally managed to disperse the protesters and fully restore the vehicular traffic on Shahrah-e-Faisal.
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