WATCH: JI workers march towards Islamabad from Karachi

After being 'stopped' to leave for Islamabad on train from Karachi cantt Station, Jamaat-e-Islami workers started marching towards the federal capital.

The video shared from JI Women Karachi page on X shows the party workers walking on the railway track.

ان جذبوں کو کون شکشت دے سکتا ہے
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کراچی کے کارکنان جنھیں اسٹیشن سے باہر نہیں جانے دیا گیا تو وہ پیدل ہی ڈی چوک کی طرف رواں ہو گئے۔ #دھرناہونےدو_ورنہ pic.twitter.com/kl7O3wnIwc

— JI Women Karachi (@JIwomenKarachi) July 26, 2024

Several supporters of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) have been arrested in different parts of the country as the police initiated a crackdown against the party amid a sit-n at D-Chowk.

In Islamabad, several JI workers who were reaching D-Chowk to stage a sit-in were held and shifted to an unknown place in prisoners vans.  The administration and police also sealed all the routes leading to D-Chowk as the JI announced to stage a sit-in there against inflation and high electricity bills.

The JI announced a protest against the hike in power tariffs, inflated electricity bills and other burning issues. Islamabad police confirmed that 13 JI workers were arrested from Express Chowk.

The police also closed the Faizabad interchange connecting Rawalpindi to Islamabad by placing heavy barriers. Along with the placement of containers at the capital city’s access points, significant roads and intersections now only permit one lane of traffic. Residents are experiencing severe inconvenience with traffic jams and long queues of vehicles.