PTI protest: Mohsin Naqvi conducts aerial survey of Islamabad to assess situation

Amid Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s final call for action, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi conducted an aerial view of Islamabad to evaluate the current situation on the ground.

Later, addressing a press conference in the federal capital, Naqvi claimed that mobile phone services were not suspended in Islamabad, while cellular data has been interrupted due to security concerns. 

“We want minimal inconvenience to the residents of Islamabad, but the foreign delegation is scheduled to arrive in Islamabad soon,” he said.

Naqvi acknowledged that protesters, who demonstrating on the route of the foreign guests, have been arrested. 

The Interior Minister claimed that the protest was being staged at a time when a foreign delegation was visiting Pakistan and demonstrators “pelted the stone” at the route from where the foreign dignitaries would pass through.   

Mohsin Naqvi said that chaos on the arrival of foreign guests is not acceptable under any circumstances, “the government is not afraid of threats,” and those who spread chaos will be arrested.

Meanwhile, the minister claimed that protesters are coming only from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. There is no rally has been held in Punjab.