ATTOCK, July 16 (ABC): In order to maintain law and order situation during the by-polls to be held on 20 Punjab Assembly seats tomorrow (Sunday, July 17, 2022), the Punjab government on Saturday sealed the links connecting the province to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) by placing a container on it.
Sources said that the provincial government had received a threat alert from the intelligence agencies following which it took the decision. As soon as the border was sealed, long queues of vehicles waiting to get to the other side of the border sprung up.
Sources further said that if the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) permitted, passenger buses, patients and residents of the katcha area could be allowed to cross the bridge since there was lot of resentment in locals against the Punjab government’s decision.