{"id":32607,"date":"2017-11-22T23:39:52","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T18:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tns.world\/?p=32607"},"modified":"2017-11-22T23:42:13","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T18:42:13","slug":"islamabad-sit-in-by-a-religious-party-resulting-miseries-of-twin-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tns.world\/?p=32607","title":{"rendered":"Islamabad sit-in by a religious party resulting miseries of twin cities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Islamabad, Nov. 22 (TNS):<\/strong> Faizabad sit-in by a religious party entered its seventeenth day on Wednesday and prolonged protest has compounded miseries of people of the twin cities of Rawalpindi-Islamabad and surrounding areas.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K1qS_GG-YN8\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Blockade of main entry and exit points of the twin cities and traffic diversions are resulting in traffic mess, forcing commuters to spend hours on roads.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32614\" src=\"https:\/\/tns.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/faizabad5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tns.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/faizabad5.jpg 700w, https:\/\/tns.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/faizabad5-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tns.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/faizabad5-696x398.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Besides serious disruption to business activities in some areas; office goers, students, daily wage earners and patients are worst victims of the on-going phenomenon.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32613\" src=\"https:\/\/tns.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/faizabad4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tns.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/faizabad4.jpg 700w, https:\/\/tns.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/faizabad4-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tns.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/faizabad4-696x398.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Government has made several attempts to resolve the issue peacefully and through negotiations but so far these have not borne any fruit because of rigid stance of the protestors.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32612\" src=\"https:\/\/tns.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/faizabad3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tns.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/faizabad3.jpg 700w, https:\/\/tns.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/faizabad3-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tns.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/faizabad3-696x398.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Interior Minister after a meeting with Ulema and Mashaikh formed a Committee to help resolve the stand-off peaceful.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32610\" src=\"https:\/\/tns.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/faizabad2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tns.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/faizabad2.jpg 700w, https:\/\/tns.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/faizabad2-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tns.world\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/faizabad2-696x398.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court and Islamabad High Court have also taken notice of the sit-in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad, Nov. 22 (TNS): Faizabad sit-in by a religious party entered its seventeenth day on Wednesday and prolonged protest has compounded miseries of people of the twin cities of Rawalpindi-Islamabad and surrounding areas. 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