Dunya News-Azadi March: Federal capital in lockdown

In an apparent bid to block Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s scheduled freedom march in the federal capital, the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration on Friday imposed a series of measures including a two-month ban on brandishing arms and outlawing pillion-riding and prohibiting the assembly of more than five people under Section 144.

The government has already started blocking all important entry and exit routes in the capital and hundreds of containers have been moved to key locations. Islamabad’s Red Zone has already been sealed off by containers and barbed wires.