LAHORE: A policeman was killed and 70 injured when former prime minister Imran Khan’s supporters clashed with security personnel deployed to prevent the protesters from reaching Islamabad, the Punjab government said on Monday.
Punjab Information Minister Azma Bokhari, at a press conference here, said many policemen were taken “hostage” after Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supporters clashed with the police on the way to Islamabad. The 72-year-old former premier issued a “final call” on November 13 for nationwide protests on November 24, denouncing what he termed as the stolen mandate, the unjust arrests of people and the passage of the 26th amendment, which he said has strengthened a “dictatorial regime”.
Bokhari said Khan’s wife Bushra Bibi was setting the country on fire.
Meanwhile, the Punjab province of over 120 million people remained cut off from the rest of the country following the second consecutive day of the protest march.