By Sadaqat Ali
Authorities in Rawalpindi started removing shipping containers to end roadblocks on Sunday night after the PTI government reached an agreement with the militant banned organization Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) earlier in the day.
Workers were seen moving shipping containers from all roads in Rawalpindi.
“Containers are being removed to roadsides with the help of cranes,” SSP Operations Rai Mazhar told SAMAA TV.
He said containers at Faizabad Interchange and Murree Road were being removed.
Diversions at roads in Saddar and adjoining areas are also being ended, the police officer said adding that the Stadium Road (also called Double Road) was being opened for traffic coming from 9th Avenue.
Several roads in Rawalpindi, especially those around the Faizabad Interchange, were closed a week ago when the TLP began its “long march” on Islamabad from Lahore.
Although the march stopped first at Muridke and then in Gujranwala, the roadblocks continued.
The TLP protest disrupted life in Islamabad and Rawalpindi where roads were blocked using shipping containers and barbed wires.
The access to the Metro Bus track was also blocked and police vans patrolled the elevated track throughout the week.
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