ISLAMABAD: Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi announced yesterday night that schools, roads, internet services, and the Metro bus will soon resume operations as normalcy begins to return to the country.

“Schools will reopen from Thursday, while roads will be cleared by today,” Naqvi said during a press briefing at D-Chowk in Islamabad. He further added that internet services and the Metro bus would be operational by Wednesday morning.

On being asked about the whereabouts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur and Imran Khan’s wife Bushra Bibi, Naqvi said the two remain at large. “We offered the PTI to shift the protest site to Sangjani,” the minister said, adding that “their acting president (referring to Bushra Bibi)” rejected PTI Founder Imran Khan’s directives and insisted on continuing the march toward D-Chowk.

He also asserted that he had consistently maintained no negotiations would be held under threats and intimidation. “They have hurled threats and caused damage of billions of rupees. Now I want to ask how many more times they want to do such things,” Naqvi remarked.

Naqvi also insisted that cases would be registered against all the central people involved in the violence during the PTI protest. Regarding the ongoing crackdown on protesters, the minister highlighted that decisive action has been planned against Afghan residents involved in recent disturbances.

“A decision has been made regarding Afghan residents, and it will be announced soon,” he added. The minister said offices of media houses had been attacked and CCTVs would be obtained wherever the damage had been done.

Published in The Daily National Courier, November, 26 2024

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