Imran wants FIR as per his demand, says interior minister

Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Tuesday said PTI Chairman Imran Khan wanted the FIR of the Wazirabad attack according to his demands. 

"He [Imran] can not get an FIR registered and wants to bring about a revolution," said the interior minister. 

He said that there "must be some sort of evidence" for an FIR to be registered and if one is to go by the PTI's demands, then someone can even register a case against the chief justice. 

He added that till now only one suspect was taken into custody and there are no other suspects. 

Recalling the attack on Ahsan Iqbal, Sana maintained that the suspect had the same kind of motivations as he was "self-motivated" and not linked to any political or religious party.

Sana, referring to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's long march as "fitna march", he said party supporters were causing trouble in Islamabad, Punjab and K-P and reiterated that only "a few thousand people" had joined PTI's march. 

The minister said the citizens were facing many hardships in going to work, picking up children from school, and commuting to essential services such as hospitals due to road closures and protests. 

Urging the provincial governments to fulfill their constitutional duty, he should they should ensure that motorways and thoroughfares remain open and not to "protect" the protesters, otherwise "there would be consequences".

For the second day, PTI supporters blocked roads near the federal capital, disrupting traffic and forcing schools to close, as they protested against a bid to assassinate their leader at a recent anti-government rally.

PTI supporters began their protests on major roads around Islamabad late on Monday. They have blocked the highway to Islamabad's international airport and the ones linking the capital to the cities of Lahore and Peshawar.

Television footage showed the supporters burning tyres as they set up protest camps across roads.