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November 2024 Islamabad unrest

From 24–27 November 2024, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) organized the final call protest,[5][6][7][8][9] also referred to as do-or-die protest,[10][11][12] led by Bushra Bibi and Ali Amin Gandapur. During the protest, supporters of Imran Khan clashed with police in Islamabad as their march to the capital was obstructed. At least six people, including four security personnel, were killed when a vehicle rammed into them on 26 November.[13] Meanwhile, several were injured during crowd containment via tear gas and rubber bullets, while some journalists were attacked by Khan's supporters. Late at night, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi warned that security forces would retaliate with live ammunition if protesters fired at them.[14]

November 2024 Islamabad unrest
A man is pushed off a shipping container by security personnel during protests. The PTI claims he was praying,[1][2] while the government claims he was filming a video for TikTok.[3]
Date24–27 November 2024
VenueD-Chowk (Islamabad)
LocationIslamabad, Pakistan
Coordinates33°43′46″N 73°05′27″E / 33.7294°N 73.0908°E / 33.7294; 73.0908
Also known asThe final call
Do-or-die protest
Motive
ParticipantsPakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Outcome
  • PTI failure, not a single demand met.
Casualties
Per PTI
  • 8-20 party workers
Per Government
  • 4 security personnel
  • 0 civilians
Per independent sources
  • 5-17 (including 4 security personnel)
Non-fatal injuriesMultiple
Arrests4,185[4]

In response to the clashes, on 27 November, a violent crackdown by Pakistani security forces, led by Naqvi, resulted in casualties. The government denied using live rounds, asserting that the situation was under control after clearing the protest area.[15][16] According to anonymous sources in local hospitals speaking to The Guardian, government officials had confiscated records of dead and injured.[17] The PTI described the incident as a "massacre," claiming that hundreds of its members were killed as police fired live ammunition during the final phase of the protest.[18][19] Later, party sources stated that up to 20 of their workers had been killed, while search for other victims is ongoing.[20][21]

The party announced a "temporary suspension" of protests following the violence.[22]

Government ministers denied any fatalities among PTI protesters during the November 26 security forces raid in Islamabad. Public hospitals in the federal capital similarly asserted that no bodies were brought in following the operation. However, documentary evidence contradicts these claims. On November 30, Geo TV Fact Check contacted over a dozen doctors, nurses, and hospital administrators, many of whom either denied the deaths or declined to comment, citing pressure from government authorities.[23]

Preceding events

"Final Call" announcement

On 13 November 2024, Imran Khan issued a “final call” for a protest on November 24 at D-Chowk, Islamabad from his imprisonment in Adiala Jail. The announcement was particularly in response to the Twenty-sixth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan, which was criticized for undermining the Judiciary while Khan and his party opposed it. Furthermore, the announcement was made with demands to end the Sharif government’s alleged “unjust arrests” and “stolen mandate”, which refers to PTI’s claim that the country's military establishment rigged the 2024 Pakistani general election in favour of PML-N.[24][25] Khan’s aides, his sister Aleema Khanum and Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Ali Amin Gandapur urged Pakistanis to follow the protest call, which also was for Khan’s release.[25][26]

Lockdowns

Ahead of the protests, Pakistani Law Enforcement and the Government locked down the capital: Islamabad, fortressing the capital with many shipping containers and the deployment of thousands of armed security personnel and paramilitary forces. Several highways and roads leading to the city were also blocked and barricaded by the government in attempt to prevent protesters from entering the capital.[27]

On 22 November 2024, Section 144 was imposed by the Punjab government of Maryam Nawaz, barring sit-ins, rallies or protests for 3 days officially due to security concerns ahead of the protests.[28] The provincial government's spokesperson, Azma Bukhari, announced that the "protestors will be dealt with the same way as terrorists."[29] Prior to the protest, 4,000 PTI supporters and members were arrested and detained by the government.[30] The same day, Islamabad High Court (IHC) chief justice, Aamer Farooq, declared that PTI’s protest was unlawful as it was being held without formal permission and that it was necessary for the government to “maintain law and order” during the upcoming visit of the Belarusian president, Alexander Lukashenko.[31] The ruling was based on the recently passed, Peaceful Assembly and Public Order Act (2024), which gives Islamabad's district magistrate the unilateral power to allow or ban processions in the capital and increases maximum prison term for unlawful assembly by 6 times, to 3 years.[32]

The country's entire Northern motorway network was closed for public two days before the date of the protest.[33] It resulted in the closure of intercity bus operations to several cities in Punjab that were primarily serviced by these controlled-access highways.[34] Pakistan Railways suspended all 25 trains scheduled to run between Peshawar, Rawalpindi, and Lahore on the day of the protest as well as sealing the railway stations in these cities.[35] The metro services were also suspended in Lahore and Islamabad on the day of the protest.[36][37]

Internet restrictions

Mobile internet and access to messaging services such as WhatsApp were blocked by the government in areas of Punjab, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The organization NetBlocks confirmed this alongside media sharing issues across the country.[27][38]

Warnings of terrorist attack

The National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA) has issued a warning ahead of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) "do or die" protest scheduled for November 24. According to the advisory released on Saturday, the group known as "Fitna al-Khawarij," or Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), may launch terror attacks in major cities on the protest day. NACTA also reported intelligence suggesting terrorists have entered Pakistan from Afghanistan.[39]

Timeline

PTI protest

Imran Khan's wife, Bushra Bibi, led thousands of PTI supporters into Islamabad, breaching security barricades.[40] She addressed the public near D-Chowk (Democracy Chowk), vowing to hold a sit-in until Khan's release and insisted on holding the protest at a central location near parliament, against Khan's instructions. Her active involvement marked a shift from her previously private role.[41][42][43]

The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf initiated the protest on 24 November 2024 through several convoys across the country heading for D-Chowk by road. The largest and main convoy, led by Ali Amin Gandapur and Khan’s wife, Bushra Bibi left from Peshawar. The convoy also included PTI lawmaker Shahid Ahmed Khattak.[44] The convoy went through Swabi, then crossed the Hazara Interchange through removing police obstacles and barriers, and then onto Hakkla Interchange, later reaching Islamabad.[45][46] PTI spokesman Sheikh Waqas Akram claimed the number of people to be 70,000 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa alone.[47]

The procession reached Islamabad during the night of November 25 after crossing all hurdles, as security personnel tried to the contain the crowd using rubber bullets and tear gas.[48] The protestors reached the high-security zone of D-Chowk, which was barricaded with stacked containers more than 30 feet high, during the afternoon of November 26 amid confusion regarding the final site of the protest.[49][50]

The falling man

During the day of November 26, Pakistan's security forces were accused of pushing a man off a stack of cargo containers while protests were ongoing in the capital. Video footage showed officers carrying riot shields with markings indicating they were affiliated with the Pakistan Rangers, standing besides the man as he knelt in prayer with his hands raised in supplication. Soon, another of the personnel in a similar uniform approached him and immediately pushed him over the edge of the containers. The video shows the man trying to cling on as the officer who had pushed him pries his hands off and he falls. The video ends with protestors chanting loudly and pelting stones at the security personnel who are running away.[2] The footage went viral on social media and drew considerable criticism from the public.[51] There is uncertainty regarding the fate of the man, but the government later claimed that the individual was alive, but injured, and was filming a video for TikTok instead of being engaged in prayer during the incident.[52]

Vehicle incident

At least four personnel of Pakistan Rangers and one civilian were killed when a car struck them at a checkpoint in Islamabad on the night of 26 November.[53] The government claimed it was a targeted attack, meanwhile PTI leader, Zulfi Bukhari, denied the claim stating that "...there are videos viral on social media of protesters protecting and hugging rangers. This is a narrative the government is trying to create so they have the licence to kill."[54] Soon after the incident, interior minister Naqvi, warned of use of live fire on protestors, alleging that the protestors had fired on security personnel using live weapons.[55] Azaz Syed, a senior journalist, later claimed that the car that caused the accident was not driven by a PTI-affiliated individual but by the grandson of a former federal secretary who has been struggling with mental health issues.[56]

Government crackdown

During midnight of November 26-27, the Government of Pakistan, Pakistan Police, Pakistan Army and Pakistan Rangers initiated a crackdown on the protests.[57] The Pakistan Army was deployed under Article 245 with orders of shoot-on-sight for the protesters.[58][59][60] Heavy tear gas shelling was initially fired at protesters prior to reaching Islamabad.[61] The Guardian reported that the government had been criticized for a “draconian response”.[47] The government arrested 1,000 protesters.[62][63] Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif labelled the protesters as “bloodthirsty”, further saying that it is not a peaceful protest, it is "extremism".[64]

Official sources told The Guardian there had been 17 civilian deaths from army and paramilitary gunfire and hundreds more had been injured. Doctors at hospitals in Islamabad said they had received multiple patients with gunshot wounds. The Guardian reported that they witnessed at least five patients with bullet wounds in one hospital, which was surrounded by police. A doctor in an emergency ward said he had treated more than 40 injured patients, several of whom had been shot. "At least seven have died and four are in critical condition in the hospital".[17] Drop Site News stated that "harrowing images have already begun circulating on social media of bloodied corpses of PTI activists and protestors".[65]

The crackdown faced criticism by many, despite escalated censorship, videos of the crackdown surfaced, which includes bloody videos of protestors applying emergency care part of the claimed massacre. Arrest of 450 protestors has been claimed, whereas various figures of casualties have been quoted.[65][66][67][68][69] The government has denied using live rounds. The protests were officially suspended by the party following the midnight crackdown.[22][70]

Former army officer Adil Raja alleged on George Galloway's The Mother of All Talk Shows that hundreds had been killed, and the bodies were withheld.[71]

Casualties

After the withdrawal of protesters from Islamabad's Blue Area, PTI leaders accused security forces of opening fire on party supporters, resulting in several fatalities. While party sources reported the deaths of at least six individuals, PTI Secretary General Salman Akram Raja, in a video statement, claimed that around 20 supporters had been killed.[72]

Whenever the issue of protester fatalities is raised, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar consistently responds by asking, "Where is the proof?".[73] Government officials maintain that since no security personnel on duty were armed with live firearms, there was no possibility of civilian casualties.[73] A supposed list of individuals brought to Islamabad's Polyclinic hospital, shared by social media users and reported by some journalists, claimed that at least two people had died and several others had been injured. However, in a statement on Wednesday morning, the hospital clarified that it had not issued any such list, and that the reports circulating on social media attributing the list to the hospital were false. A senior doctor from the capital, who requested anonymity, told Dawn that it was unfortunate the Ministry of Health had not released any official information regarding those injured or killed during the protest.[72]

In a video message released on 27 November, PTI leader Salman Akram Raja rejected the official claim that no casualties occurred during the law enforcement action against their party’s marchers. Mr. Raja provided details, naming at least six victims: Muhammad Ilyas, Anees Satti, Malik Safdar Ali, Mubeen Aurangzeb, Abdul Rasheed, and Ahmad Wali. He stated that he would later share more information about other party workers and expressed concern that the state was instructing hospitals to destroy records of individuals whose bodies or injuries had been reported at healthcare facilities in the capital.[74] Separately, at least four men believed to have died in the crackdown against PTI marchers were laid to rest in various parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Wednesday.[74] The funerals were attended by a large number of locals, with the coffins draped in the PTI flag. Sources indicated that both victims died from bullet wounds, and no postmortem was performed on their bodies.[72][74]

According to an Independent Urdu investigation, PIMS Hospital records and sources indicated 10 people died during the protests and 110 were injured from bullet injuries, while from the police 5 were injured. According to anonymous hospital officials, efforts have been made to remove records by government officials.[75] BBC said that it "has confirmed with local hospitals that at least five people have died." And seen patients injured with gunshot wounds.[76]

Aftermath

Arrest of Matiullah Jan

On the evening of 27 November, Pakistani journalist Matiullah Jan, who had been investigating casualties from the protest, and his colleague Saqib Bashir were abducted by men in black uniforms from the parking lot of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) in Islamabad. They were blindfolded and forced into a vehicle. Bashir recounted, "We were collecting data on the casualties."[77]

Hours before his abduction, Jan had appeared on a TV program where he read from what he claimed were hospital records contradicting the government's denial that live ammunition was used by security forces or that any protesters were killed during the dispersal. Bashir was released on a street three hours later, while Jan was subsequently charged with terrorism and possession of narcotics. A First Information Report (FIR) alleged that he was found with 246 grams of methamphetamine at a vehicle checkpoint in Islamabad's E-9 area. The case was registered at 3:20 a.m., nearly an hour after the reported incident.[77][78] On 30 November, he was presented in an anti-terrorism court in Islamabad from where he was released on bail.[79]

International reaction

Amnesty International called for an “urgent and transparent” investigation into the crackdown which it called deadly for the protesters.[80]

The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres deplored the violence in the protests, and called for calm and restraint on all sides.[81][82]

Democratic American Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib has condemned what she called was the “brutal repression” of demonstrators in Pakistan, adding that political violence was being used to "suppress democracy". "I stand with the brave Pakistanis who are rising up and protesting for change," she posted on X.[83]

Senator Fatima Payman of the Australian Senate reacted to the event stating that “The Australian government needs to take action like the US Congress and impose visa bans and asset freezes on General Asim Munir and others involved in corruption and human rights abuses”.[84]

Ro Khanna, a U.S. Representative from California tweeted that he was "[h]orrified by reports of an attempted cover-up of the alleged killings of peaceful protestors by Asim Munir's regime in Pakistan."[85]

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