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PAT workers remove barricades in Model Town
LAHORE: Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) workers are removing barricades from around the Minhaj-ul-Quran Secretariat located in the Model Town area of the city.
TV footage showed hundreds of PAT workers armed with sticks coming onto the streets and removing barricades placed near Jinnah Hospital. A crane was also used to remove containers which had been placed as barricades.
According to reports, PAT workers pelted stones and threatened policemen deployed in the area.
The barricades had been placed by the Punjab government as a security measure ahead of the PAT Youm-e-Shuda scheduled for August 10.
During an earlier meeting the Punjab government also took decisions to partially suspend mobile phone service in Lahore and sent a notice to Minhaj-ul-Quran officials to vacate grounds surrounding the secretariat.
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