ISLAMABAD: Islamabad Police have arranged 1,100 containers to seal the federal capital in view of the Tehreek e Insaf long march, the police officials on Thursday.
According to Islamabad police officials, the capital city would be completely sealed for a period of one week after the announcement of march’s date by the party.
Similarly the government had decided to shut down schools and colleges and postpone exams during the march.
As many as 2,500 personnel of the police and of other law-enforcement agencies (LEAs) would be deployed in the city, and all of them would have 50, 000 rubber bullets, they disclosed.
Furthermore, the LEAs had already been provided over 60,000 teargas shells, they informed.
Besides that, the sources disclosed that 10 drones had been arranged for dropping shells on the protestors.
Police officials also said that for the first time in the country’s history, anti-riot helicopter would be used.
Not only that, the security agencies had prepared lists of PTI’s financers in order to arrest them before the march, they concluded.
Although, initially there were doubts that whether the PTI would go ahead with its planned long march.
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