Hundreds of PTI workers are still present in the sectors adjacent to China Chowk and Jinnah Avenue, while senior Islamabad Police officers have reached D Chowk.
Fresh contingents of Rangers and police have been dispatched to China Chowk to conduct operations against the protesters. According to the sources, officers including IG Islamabad, DIG Operations, SSP are present in D Chowk.
Also, the mobile phone services in Rawalpindi and Islamabad are remained suspended in the light of ongoing unrest amid PTI protest in the federal capital for the third day.
Containers are erected at various points including Zero Point, Faisal Avenue and Sri nagar Highway, while Faizabad Interchange has been partially opened.
Meanwhile, security has been on high alert in the garrison town with Punjab policemen deployed at different spots.
The citizens in Islamabad faced inconvenience due to road closures.
Business and trade also remained closed in the capital.
Meanwhile, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has announced 564 people have been nabbed during the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) protests, including 11 plainclothes personnel from the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) police.
Naqvi, speaking to the media at D-Chowk, said there was an attempt to storm the capital under the leadership of the K-P Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur to cause casualties. Fortunately, no such incidents took place.
The interior minister said that KP plainclothes officers participated in the protests, marking the first instance in Pakistan where police have been utilised in such demonstrations.
Naqvi added that among those arrested were 11 officers from the K-P police and 120 Afghan nationals.
