Red Zone security enhanced with more deployments.

Byline: Tahir Niaz

ISLAMABAD -- The district administration yesterday beefed up security in the federal capital especially Red Zone with the deployment of Elite Force and paramilitary Rangers personnel after the expiry of JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman's 48-hour deadline to Prime Minister Imran Khan to resign or participants of the Azadi March would arrest him (PM) from the Prime Minister's House.

The decision to tighten the security of the Red Zone was made following the Maulana's announcement to continue their protest sit-in until and unless the PTI government is ousted and planning to march towards the D-Chowk.

Security outside Prime Minister Imran Khan's Bani Gala residence has also been beefed up.

The local administration said it was ready to deal with any situation as it called the Elite Force and paramilitary Rangers personnel to guard the capital's Red Zone . Armoured personnel carriers have been stationed in front of the Parliament House with the deployment of more security personnel in the sensitive areas.

Security outside PM's Bani Gala residence has also been beefed up

Highways and link roads have been closed for traffic except the routes leading to the venue of Azadi march. The security personnel have been put on high alert outside the check posts and at important venues.

According to sources, the authorities have decided that the protesters would not be allowed to come out of the venue site, particularly towards D-Chowk. The authorities reviewed...

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