Section 144 imposed in Rawalpindi district for a month over 'threat to law and order'

The Rawalpindi deputy commissioner on Saturday announced that Section 144 had been imposed in the district for a period of 30 days, over threats to sensitive installations and other critical infrastructure. Section 144 is a provision in the Code of Criminal Procedure which empowers local authorities to ban public gatherings such as rallies, processions and sit-ins, as well as the open display of weapons. It has been imposed amid the PTI’s long march , which has so far remained within Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, but had initially announced to move towards the federal capital. The KP chief minister…