ISLAMABAD: At least 4 Rangers personnel had been martyred while miscreants of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) rally ploughed a vehicle into them in Islamabad inside the wee hours of Tuesday, Dunya News said. The incident befell on the Srinagar Highway in which the motive force rammed his automobile into Rangers officials who have been on responsibility to maintain law and order throughout PTI’s protest march on D-Chowk. Five other Rangers and police personnel suffered important accidents inside the incident.
Army deployed in Islamabad, given shoot-on-sight orders
The government has deployed Pakistan Army in Islamabad under Article 245 of the Constitution to help civil government in retaining regulation and order amid escalating violence in the town. Security resources said early on Tuesday that the deployment follows incidents of assaults on regulation enforcement businesses. The resources said orders had been issued to cope with anarchists and miscreants with an iron hand, with clear directives to shoot such elements on sight. They further said all measures are being taken to address any type of terrorist act through anarchists and terrorist elements. Meanwhile, miscreants rammed a automobile into Rangers employees on the Srinagar Highway in Islamabad, resulting in the martyrdom of 4 Rangers officers. Five others, inclusive of Rangers and police officials, sustained severe accidents. Security assets additionally confirmed that cops had been martyred in comparable attacks. Over one hundred police personnel have additionally been injured, with many in important circumstance in numerous areas because the PTI launched its protest march on Islamabad. Article 245(1) of the Constitution states that the armed forces shall, beneath the federal government’s directions, “protect Pakistan towards external aggression or hazard of war, and, situation to law, act in useful resource of civil electricity when known as upon to do so”. It similarly states that the validity of any route issued by means of the government under clause (1) shall not be known as in query in any court docket. A excessive court docket shall now not workout any jurisdiction underneath Article 199 with regards to any area in which the military are appearing in aid of civil strength in pursuance of Article 245. In a media speak late on Monday night in Islamabad, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi had hinted at the opportunity of imposing a curfew, deplyoying the army or “any 1/3 alternative” if they have been forced via the PTI employees resorting to violence in Islamabad. He had warned the PTI that they should go to the Sangjani location and keep their protest there, as they may not be allowed to enter Islamabad. “If we need to impose a curfew, inn to Section 245 (in search of the army’s assistance) or a third alternative, we can take it. This is why we’re pronouncing earlier that we are able to take extreme steps if we should,” Naqvi said. The indoors minister said there are humans worried and they are trying to make certain that there is no loss of lifestyles, adding that the protesters have attempted each opportunity to create bloodshed. “When they open fire, the reaction will also be within the shape of fire,” he remarked, adding that the PTI changed into given an option to shift the protest website to Sangjani.
