PTI protesters choke twin cities.

RAWALPINDI/ISLAMABAD -- The leaders and supporters of Pakistan Tehree-e-Insaaf (PTI) continued protest demonstrations on Monday against the assassination attempt on former premier Imran Khan blocking all major roads by burning tyres in the twin cities including Motorway and Murree Expressway while paralyzing normal life. The PTI workers and leaders also held protests in Lahore, Karachi and other major cities and blocked roads. In Lahore, a number of PTI supporters marched towards the Punjab Governor House chanting anti-government slogans. In the twin cities, gigantic traffic jams occurred on almost all major roads including Peshawar Road, IJP Road, Srinagar Highway, Murree Road and other link roads. The highups of Rawalpindi and Islamabad traffic police issued advisories for commuters on social media and TV channels. Though chief of Rawalpindi police have deputed a heavy contingent of police force on all the places yet the cops allegedly did not stop the protestors of PTI from blocking roads. However, the traffic police of the twin cities placed diversions to regulate traffic. Meanwhile, following the prevailing law and order situation, the district administration Rawalpindi announced that all local educational institutions will remain closed for two days. According to a notification issued by the Additional Deputy Commissioner (HQ) for Deputy Commissioner Rawalpindi, the institutions will remain closed Tuesday and Wednesday. Surprisingly, Deputy Speaker Punjab Assembly Wasiq Qayyum Abbasi along with his dozens of supporters and police security kept...

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