{"id":2560,"date":"2026-10-12T14:04:05","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T09:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2560"},"modified":"2026-10-12T14:04:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T09:04:05","slug":"security-tightened-in-peshawar-ahead-of-pti-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2560","title":{"rendered":"Security tightened in Peshawar ahead of PTI protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Security has been tightened in Peshawar on Monday following the imposition of governor\u2019s rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with roads blocked at several locations and a heavy police presence deployed ahead of a possible Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) protest.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Containers and barbed wire have been used to seal the road from Hashtnagri Chowk to Soray Bridge, with police blocking traffic from both sides.<\/p>\n<p>A heavy contingent of police personnel, including SSP Operations Farhan Khan, has been deployed at Hashtnagri Chowk.<\/p>\n<p>The PTI has announced plans to stage a protest and march towards the Red Zone.<\/p>\n<p>The Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) service remained suspended for a second consecutive day due to security arrangements.<\/p>\n<p>Mobile phone services have been restored, while internet services remain partially available.<\/p>\n<p>Educational institutions are closed amid security concerns, but businesses remain open and routine commercial activities continue.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi has called a meeting of the Apex Committee to review the province\u2019s overall security situation and discuss law and order.<\/p>\n<p>Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi is also expected to attend the meeting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Security has been tightened in Peshawar on Monday following the imposition of governor\u2019s rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with roads blocked at several locations and a heavy police presence deployed ahead of a possible Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) protest. Containers and barbed wire have been used to seal the road from Hashtnagri Chowk to Soray Bridge, with police blocking traffic from both sides. A heavy contingent of police personnel, including SSP Operations Farhan Khan, has been deployed at Hashtnagri Chowk. The PTI has announced plans to stage a protest and march towards&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2560\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}