ATTOCK, Jan 14: People’s Party Parliamentarian (PPP) activists clashed with law-enforcement agency personnel on Sunday at a number of blockades put in place to prevent them from taking part in a party meeting at Liaquat Bagh, Rawalpindi.
Heavy contingents of police barricaded main roads connecting different towns with Rawalpindi since Sunday morning. Attock bridge on G.T. Road, Shergarh bridge on Kohat-Pindi road and Jharikus on Hazara road were partially closed for traffic.
Teams were also deployed at Teen Meela Chowk, Kamra Chowk, and Hattian and Haro bridges. Barriers and barbed wire placed across the roads caused great inconvenience to people, even those undertaking routine journeys with no plans of attending the PPP rally.
Two processions led by PPP leader Malik Hakmeen Khan and Syed Azmat Ali Bokhari were intercepted by the police at Teen Meela checkpoint on Attock-Kamra road.
