ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Wednesday said there will be a complete ban on staging of rallies in the Red Zone in general and at the D-Chowk in particular in the future.
Addressing a press conference, he said practical steps will be taken for the security of the Red Zone. “The matter of holding public rallies in the Red Zone will also be taken up before the Parliament,” he added.
He said there will be a strict action against the protesters who violated the law and caused damage to the public property. “They damaged the metro bus stations, and CCTV cameras,” he added.
He said the police have arrested 1070 protesters in Rawalpindi and Islamabad.
The Interior Minister, however, added that those detainees who did not take part in the damaging of the property will be released one after another.
Nisar said at 5 pm decision had been reached to launch an operation against the protesters but at the eleventh hour some notable personalities approached the government for resolving the situation peacefully.
“No government minister approached the protesters for holding talks,” he said, clarifiying that there was no written agreement between the protesters and the government.
The Interior Minister said an inquiry will launched into the failure of the authorities to stop the protesters from marching ahead.
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