President approves ordinance to protect Islamabad Safe City cameras
Rana Sanaullah says federal government has permanently banned protest sit-ins in the capital and warned PTI of consequences.
The president has approved an ordinance concerning the protection of Islamabad's Safe City cameras and compensation for any damage to them, UrduPoint reported. The brief report did not include the text of the ordinance or a date for its implementation.
Separately, Express News reported that Prime Minister's Adviser on Political Affairs Rana Sanaullah, speaking on a private television programme, said the federal government has decided to permanently close the 'spectacle of protests' in the federal capital. He said a strict policy had been adopted to keep Islamabad free of protest sit-ins, and that no political group would be allowed to enter the city for that purpose. The government had taken a final decision in this regard, the report said.
Rana Sanaullah warned the PTI that if force was used, all facilities granted after May 9 would be immediately withdrawn, according to Express News. He did not specify what those facilities were.
Federal Information Minister Attaullah Tarar, commenting on the PTI's suspension of its long march, called the decision an act of cowardice, the same outlet reported. He said the party was running away from protests and sit-ins and challenged its leadership to carry out the march, saying its 'drama' would no longer work.
Tarar also accused the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government of facilitating the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban. He claimed the chief minister's role resembled that of a commander of a banned group rather than a political leader, and alleged that illegal mining in the province was being used to fund terrorists.
The Express News report did not include a response from PTI to the allegations. It was not immediately clear from the two reports whether the ordinance and the announced protest ban were connected.
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