Islamabad police begin sealing highways into the capital
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Police announced closure of the Islamabad-Peshawar Motorway, the Dera Ismail Khan Motorway and the Grand Trunk Road starting that evening, ahead of PTI's planned September 27 march; Dawn reported the closures were indefinite.
“the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, on the other hand, says peaceful protest is their constitutional right; they want the release of their leader Imran Khan from jail, and they say they’re doing this in order to uphold the constitution.”
Kamal Hyder, Al Jazeera correspondent
Imran Khan Jailed former Prime MinisterPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Khan's party organizing the march
Mohsin Naqvi Interior Minister
Shehbaz Sharif Prime MinisterHafiz Naeem ur Rehman Jamaat-e-Islami leader
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