Opposition stages protests at Constitution Avenue, Peshawar-Islamabad motorway

Opposition stages protests at Constitution Avenue, Peshawar-Islamabad motorway

Protests erupt across K-P. PHOTO: EXPRESS

The opposition parties have launched protests against alleged rigging in the July 25 polls by blocking the Peshawar-Islamabad motorway and staging a demonstration outside the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in Islamabad.

Workers belonging to Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Awami National Party (ANP) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) have gathered outside the ECP office bringing Constitution Avenue in Islamabad to a standstill.
MMA, JUI-F to hold protest in K-P on August 8
In Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, ANP and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) supporters have blocked Peshawar-Islamabad motorway. The decision to stage a demonstartion was taken in a provincial meeting of JUI-F headed by party chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on August 4. Rejecting the results of general polls, it announced to block all major roads of the province.
ANP had also directed its party workers to support JUI-F demonstrations. Both the parties have decided to sit in the opposition aisle in the federal and provincial assemblies.
PHOTO: EXPRESS
Vehicles at Peshawar-Islamabad motorway. PHOTO: EXPRESS
According to the scheduled protests, party workers will block Indus Highway at Qureshi Chowk in DI Khan, Lakki Marwat and Tank districts will be blocked at Pezu. Dir, Paen, Swat and Chitral will be locked through Chakdara Bridge on Malakand Road while obstructing GT road in Akora Khattak will halt access to Nowshera.
Blockades at Rashkai and Swabi interchanges will derail M1 motorway while Shahra-e-Raisham will be jammed at Mansehra, Batgram and Kohistan.

The opposition parties have launched protests against alleged rigging in the July 25 polls by blocking the Peshawar-Islamabad motorway and staging a demonstration outside the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) in Islamabad.

Workers belonging to Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Awami National Party (ANP) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) have gathered outside the ECP office bringing Constitution Avenue in Islamabad to a standstill.
MMA, JUI-F to hold protest in K-P on August 8
In Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, ANP and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) supporters have blocked Peshawar-Islamabad motorway. The decision to stage a demonstartion was taken in a provincial meeting of JUI-F headed by party chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on August 4. Rejecting the results of general polls, it announced to block all major roads of the province.
ANP had also directed its party workers to support JUI-F demonstrations. Both the parties have decided to sit in the opposition aisle in the federal and provincial assemblies.
PHOTO: EXPRESS
Vehicles at Peshawar-Islamabad motorway. PHOTO: EXPRESS
According to the scheduled protests, party workers will block Indus Highway at Qureshi Chowk in DI Khan, Lakki Marwat and Tank districts will be blocked at Pezu. Dir, Paen, Swat and Chitral will be locked through Chakdara Bridge on Malakand Road while obstructing GT road in Akora Khattak will halt access to Nowshera.
Blockades at Rashkai and Swabi interchanges will derail M1 motorway while Shahra-e-Raisham will be jammed at Mansehra, Batgram and Kohistan.





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