Protests in Islamabad would no longer be permitted, according to Rana Sanaullah.

Prime Minister’s Adviser on Political Affairs Rana Sanaullah said the administration has decided to permanently eliminate the practice of organising protests in Islamabad, warning that nobody will be permitted to enter the federal capital for protests.

A senior leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, Rana Sanaullah, said the government had taken a strategic decision that no one would be permitted to enter Islamabad to protest. “A message has been sent to the PTI that if force is used, the facilities that it had received after May 9 will be withdrawn,” he said. In his prior comments, he had also said that the government’s stance was that formal negotiations could not take place unless the PTI called off its planned march.

Meanwhile, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar responded to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s decision to stop its lengthy march, claiming that the party was avoiding the march and sit-ins.

Tarar challenged the PTI to go forward with the long march and said that aiding terrorists was part of the party’s policy. He said the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa administration was helping the Afghan Taliban and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan.

The information minister further said PTI was a “B team” of TTP and a “C team” of the Afghan Taliban. Also he attacked the Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sohail Afridi claiming that he looked like a commander of a banned outfit not a chief minister.

Tarar further said that illegal mining was funding terrorists and questioned PTI’s claim of being a political party.

The administration has warned in the past it will not allow demonstrators into Islamabad if their activities include disruption or violence. Tarar said it was the responsibility of the administration to ensure public order and keep roads open.

The comments come amid preparations for PTI’s announced protest and march on Islamabad on September 27.

PTI has been demanding the release of its founder Imran Khan and the government has said disruptive or violent groups would not be permitted to approach the federal capital.