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| Government's 'final warning' to Islamabad protesters lapses without breakthrough |
| 2017-11-25 |
| [DAWN] Islamabad's district administration's latest "final warning" to protesters camped out at the Faizabad Interchange, lapsed without much ado midnight on Friday as reports made rounds that the government would now initiate action after 7.30am on Saturday morning in case the protesters refused to relent. The extension in the deadline was made reportedly at the request of negotiators trying to achieve a breakthrough in talks with the agitators. In an earlier notification, issued by the district magistrate on Friday evening, the protesters had been ordered to disperse by midnight. In the missive, the district magistrate had noted that for two weeks the protesters have "illegally occupied" the Faizabad Bridge, which connects Rawalpindi and Islamabad. The notification recalled that the participants had been asked to disperse thrice before but to no avail. "If the participants do not vacate the area by midnight, an operation will be launched against them," the District Magistrate had warned. All shops, hotels and bus stands had been shut and all routes leading to the area were sealed to curtail collateral damage. However, a hangover is the wrath of grapes... DawnNews reported a little after the deadline passed that any action had reportedly been put off till 7.30am on Saturday after negotiators sought more time for a breakthrough with the protesters. |
| Posted by:Fred |