The authorities also suspended the mobile and internet services in most parts of the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi to quell the protests called by Khan.
The call for protest was given by the 71-year-old former cricketer-turned-politician who has been incarcerated at Rawalpindi's Adiala Jail for more than a year. He asked his followers to converge at the iconic venue in the capital to register a protest.
It is the same venue where Khan held a sit-in for 126 days in 2014 against alleged rigging in the elections.
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