The Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl’s (JUI-F) anti-government Azadi March has entered its third week and while Maulana Fazlur Rehman seems determined to continue the sit-in, cops deployed across the capital are reportedly not happy at all.
According to Samaa, the police personnel deployed for the protection of protesters have complained that “they are not getting proper food and their living arrangements are lesser than ideal”.
Moreover, a police constable deployed for the security of the sit-in attempted to harm himself on Monday morning after his request for leave was rejected.
The constable wanted to go back to Swat and had earlier filed a request for leave. Later, after his application got rejected, he attempted to hurt himself in the bathroom of a building in the H-9 sector.
The constable was rushed to PIMS where doctors initially said that his condition was critical, but later downgraded it out of danger. The police officer later told people that he harmed himself after his application was rejected.
Islamabad DIG Waqaruddin Syed has taken notice of the incident and told SP Zubair Sheikh to investigate.
It is pertinent to note that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government has deployed around 20,000 to 25,000 security officials across the federal capital for the protection of JUI-F’s Azadi March that entered the city on October 31.
