2 PTI groups clash in Taxila.

Rawalpindi -- Tension escalated in Taxila on Wednesday after two groups of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) led by two MPs went into verbal clash over stopping some supporters from passing through protest camp set up on HIT Road, informed sources.

There were unconfirmed reports that the men of both PTI MPs - Mansoor Hayyat Khan and Provincial Minister Taimoor Khan - took out guns at each other, however, the elders of the area intervened and cooled down the situation.

Meanwhile, PTI leaders and supporters kept blocking Islamabad Motorway and GT Road from Soan Bridge and Rawat-Chakbeli Khan turn. According to sources, MNA Mansoor Hayyat Ali Khan and MPA Taimoor Khan along with their supporters have been setting up camps at HIT Road and Margalla Hills with a distance of 1km to register their protest against assassination attempt on Imran Khan, former prime minister of Pakistan.

A group of supporters of MPA Taimoor Khan left Dhoke Wajhanr to join his camp when men of MNA Mansoor Hayyat Khan barred them from passing their protest camp. Upon calling, MPA Taimoor Khan rushed there and a verbal clash occurred between two groups of PTI. Sources disclosed that MPA Taimoor Khan's men tortured supporters of MNA Mansoor Hayyat Khan. They added both groups also turned guns on each other. Some elders of the area, while sensing the sensitivity of issue, came forward and soothed both parties.

Rawalpindi-Tension escalated in Taxila on Wednesday after two groups of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) led by two MPs went into verbal clash over stopping some supporters from passing through protest camp set up on HIT Road, informed sources.

There were unconfirmed reports that the men of both PTI MPs - Mansoor...

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