A court has issued bailable arrest warrants for 70 PTI workers for failing to appear in the November 26 D-Chowk protest case.

The incarcerated PTI founding chairman had also announced that the PTI workers would gather at Islamabad’s D-Chowk on October 4 and at Lahore’s Minar-e-Pakistan on October 5.

Pakistan's Interior Ministry said it had deployed the army to defend Islamabad's heavily fortified Red Zone. Supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan are demanding the jailed leader's release.

Violent clashes were reported near key locations, including China Chowk, as police attempted to disperse crowds. Amid this unrest, Chief Minister Gandapur — who had been at the forefront of the ...