ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa will meet here today and discuss the situation emerged after crackdown on Islamabad protesters.
Sources said that the two leaders would deliberate on addressing the protest issue as a sit-in by a religious party had entered its 21st day today despite operation.
Earlier, the COAS had returned home on Saturday night after cutting short his visit to the UAE.
The operation that had commenced early Saturday morning to clear Faizabad Interchange from protestors staging a sit-in was put on hold later in the day — suspended at approximately 2:30 PM local time, according to reports.
The situation, nevertheless, remains tense in the federal capital. Protests in various parts of the country have also erupted after the operation started.
The protests are being held against the change in the finality-of-Prophethood oath in the law when the government passed the Elections Act 2017 last month.
The change — dubbed a clerical error by the government — was immediately fixed as an amendment was passed later.
