Police heavily barricade Lahore to thwart PTI’s protest plan

LAHORE: The police barricaded all the entry and exit points of the provincial capital by placing containers, set up hundreds of checkpoints and deployed a large number of personnel here on Friday in response to the protest call given by the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) for today (Saturday).

While section 144 has been enforced in Lahore, slapping a ban on rallies, gatherings, sit-ins and other political activities, the police’s operations, investigation, elite, and reserves wings have...