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Pakistan Blocks Islamabad Routes With 1,500 Shipping Containers
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Story summary
- Pakistan authorities deployed over 1,500 shipping containers to block routes into Islamabad ahead of the postponed PTI rally.
- Information Minister Attaullah Tarar announced PTI supporters will be barred from entering the capital.
- Container-truck driver Rehmat Gul reported police stopped him, seized his keys and left his truck near Rawalpindi.
- Human-rights groups warned that Section 144 bans and container barriers violate the constitutional right to peaceful assembly.
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