Imran Khan's arrest leads to massive protests in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The arrest of former Pa kista n prime min is ter Imran Khan on Tuesday led to mass ive protests and demonstrations by Pakistan Tehreeke-Insaf (PTI) supporters across the country Workers entered compounds of army commanders' residence in Lahore and army HQ in Rawalpindi, as per reports PTI workers protested in c ities a cr oss t he c ount ry, in cl uding Is la mab ad, Raw alpin di, La hore, Kar ac hi, Gujranwala, Faisalabad, Multan, Peshawar, and Mardan, reported Geo News

In Karachi, protesters clashed with the police near Nursery where they pelted stones at police vehicles and tore down street lights Reports also showed that police fired teargas shells and water cannons at the protesters Police

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also fired teargas shells at protesters on Rawalpindi's Murree Road

The PTI supporters were seen shouting "Release Imran Khan," and "Shut down Pakistan," in the streets of Lahore, Faizabad, Bannu, and Peshawar People of Lahore moving from Liberty towards Lahore Cantt," tweeted PTI's handle

Meanwhile, reports suggest that Air force dummy aircraft was set on fire outside Mianwali air base It has been further reported that two protesters died in Pakistan's Faisalabad in Punjab province, over 180 km east of provincial capital Lahore after Army fired to stop their protests Imran Khan's party Twitter handle asked Pakistanis to come out and protest against his arrest "Pakistan, its your time now It's now or never an opportunity People must come out to defend their country now," it tweeted

Khan's supporters have started protests in various cities against his arrest The party workers started converging at the Insaf House, PTI main office, in Karachi, in Peshawar