The federal authorities on Wednesday determined that Afghan nationals won’t be allowed to remain in Islamabad with out permission after December 31.
The event got here after 37 Afghan nationals, who had been reportedly a part of the PTI’s “do-or-die protest, had been arrested in Islamabad. Along with this, a lot of Afghan residents had been taken into custody in Punjab in the course of the PTI protest.
As a part of its precautionary measures, the inside ministry had began geofencing of Afghan refugee camps in Islamabad and different cities earlier this month to take strict motion in opposition to these concerned in “wrongdoing”.
Throughout his interplay with journalists within the capital, Inside Minister Mohsin Naqvi mentioned: “Afghan nationals won’t be allowed to remain in Islamabad with out permission after the top of the subsequent month.”
Afghan citizen, who intends to remain within the federal capital submit December this 12 months, should receive a no objection certificates (NOC) from the deputy commissioner workplace, he added.
“No Afghan citizen will have the ability to reside within the federal capital with out having correct permission from the district administration of Islamabad,” the inside minister said.
Responding to a query, the minister mentioned the vast majority of roads have been reopened for most of the people.
“[The government’s] sole precedence is the resumption of regular life [in Islamabad],” he mentioned, including that issues would get again to routine by this night.
Within the wee hours of the day, the Imran Khan-founded get together introduced a “short-term suspension” of its “do-or-die” protest following a midnight crackdown by the legislation enforcers, which successfully dispersed the PTI staff.
The minister termed social media studies claiming 33 our bodies had been delivered to a hospital as “propaganda” and challenged the previous ruling get together to call the deceased.
He mentioned: “PTI’s miscreants are in search of useless our bodies in hospitals.”
He requested the PTI to show if any policeman had a gun in the course of the protests. The minister mentioned that they might current a report on the PTI’s protest within the cupboard assembly and to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
Addressing a press convention, Islamabad IG Syed Ali Nasir Rizvi mentioned that not less than 5 safety personnel, together with three jawans of Rangers, had been martyred.
“12 to 13 automobiles of police had been set on hearth [during PTI’s protesters].”
Along with this, the police chief mentioned “miscreants” broken 161 CCTV cameras of Protected Metropolis in order that their actions couldn’t be recorded.
“37 Afghan nationals amongst 954 individuals had been arrested in the course of the previous three days. A Kalashnikov amongst 39 weapons had been sized.”
71 personnel of legislation enforcers had been injured, he mentioned, including that out of them, 27 obtained bullet accidents.
A spokesperson of the Polyclinic Hospital mentioned that two useless our bodies and 26 injured had been delivered to the hospital.
PTI, nevertheless, claimed that not less than eight of their supporters had been killed in the course of the fierce clashes with the legislation enforces.