After the swearing-in of the new assemblies, Pakistan's first by-elections on 21 vacant and national as well as provincial assembly seats were held amid incidents of clashes between workers of different political parties in Punjab.
According to details, Section 144 of the CrPC was imposed in districts where by-elections are being held, including Lahore, Kasur and Chakwal. Section 144 of the CrPC has been imposed in Bhakkar, Rahim Yar Khan, Wazirabad, Narowal, Sheikhupura, and Dera Ghazi Khan.
The authorities in Pakistan's Dera Ghazi Khan have attempted to stop hundreds of Baloch protesters from marching towards their destination, Islamabad, The Friday Times reported.
The protesters vowed to march towards Islamabad despite the closure of transport and to raise their voice against the recovery of their loved ones and against the ongoing genocide and state terrorism in Balochistan, The Balochistan Yakjehti committee said.
A global human rights group, Amnesty Asia, condemned the arrests and detention of people who participated in the Baloch protest in Dera Ghazi Khan to raise a voice against the terrorism and brutality against the Baloch people on Monday.
The protestors held placards and banners with slogans like Stop your terrorism in the state of Balochistan. The Protestors said the the Baloch nation will no longer accept the process of kidnapping, killing and killing people in fake encounters.
Thousands of people were seen participating in the ongoing rally by the Baloch Unity Committee in Dera Ghazi Khan. Ghayur Baloch of Makran, Jhalawan, Sarawan, Kohistan, Koh-e-Sulaiman and Dera Ghazi Khan are raising their voice against state terrorism.
Led by Mohammad Asif Laghari, the BYC's long march was intercepted on Shah Sikander Road. The police claimed the participants resisted, leading to the detention of several men and women, although the women were later released.
Two physics teachers at Ghazi University in Pakistan's Punjab, Dera Ghazi Khan, have been accused of sexually assaulting a young female student, reported The News International on Tuesday.
Pakistan's Dera Ghazi Khan division's Commissioner said that the allocated quota of free flour for deserving dwellers of the Dera Ghazi Khan division was 500,000 bags, whereas the actual demand is 850,000 flour bags.