Pakistan seals roads to Islamabad before protests for Imran Khan’s release

Police close major highways into Islamabad as supporters of the jailed former prime minister plan to march into the capital.Authorities in Pakistan have begun sealing off the main roads into the country’s capital, Islamabad, to block supporters of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan from reaching the city.Police in Islamabad said on Wednesday that the Islamabad-Peshawar Motorway, the Islamabad-Dera Ismail Khan Motorway and the Grand Trunk Road would be closed at several points starting in the evening. They urged the public to plan travel accordingly.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan’s sisters arrested before planned PTI marchlist 2 of 3Iran’s Pezeshkian meets Pakistan’s Naqvi in Tehran as tensions with US riselist 3 of 3Afghanistan says three killed in Pakistani air attacksend of listDawn, a leading Pakistani newspaper, reported that the closures were indefinite and aimed at preventing supporters of Khan’s party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), from marching to the capital on September 27.The protesters are demanding the release of Khan, who has been jailed since August 2023 following a series of convictions that his party calls politic...