Daily Times

Senior journalist and analyst Arif Hameed Bhatti has revealed that Maulana Fazlur Rehman, the head of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI- F) will be arrested soon.

Explaining in a program on a private chanel, analyst Arif Hameed Bhatti said that it was decided to arrest Maulana Fazlur Rehman.

It was previously considered that Maulana Sahib should be locked in the house. However, it was decided later that trained armed groups could be deployed there, but then it was decided to arrest them.

Notably, the Islamabad and Rawalpindi police have demanded containers to seal the capital in preparation for the upcoming Azadi March by the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F).

Moreover, the police has prepared a contingency plan under which 120 freight containers will be used to seal the garrison city. Meanwhile, the Islamabad police has demanded more than 550 shipping containers to intercept the march. These demands for containers have been made by zonal superintendents of police City, Saddar, Industrial Area and Rural to the police’s logistics division.

The containers which costs more than Rs 5,000 a day to rent, will be placed in and around the Red Zone, including on PTV Chowk, Ayub Chowk, Aga Khan Road, Secretariat Chowk and France Chowk on Constitution Avenue, Radio Pakistan Chowk on Shahrah-i-Jamhuriat, Serena Chowk on Khayaban-i-Suhrawardi, Convention Centre on Murree Road and Margalla Road.

The police have also decided to seal all the connecting roads of Rawalpindi to I.J. Principal Road. Police officers said steps will be taken to intercept people trying to join the march or gather in the capital. Apart from sealing the capital, the police have also placed a ban on providing catering, sound system and tent services to the protesters.

They have threatened local traders with legal action if they do business with the organizers or participants of the Azadi March. Warning has also been issued to excavator owners and crane owners.