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The interim Punjab government and Islamabad administration have asked the interior ministry to recall the army from the two administrative units a month after it was deployed there to address the deteriorating law and order situation following the arrest of PTI chief Imran Khan. On May 9, after the former prime minister was arrested, massive protests broke out across the country, with a number of demonstrators gathering outside military cantonments, General Headquarters (GHQ) Rawalpindi, and offices of the Frontier Crops. While the protests were under way, social media was flooded with footage of mobs vandalising public and private properties, including military installations. Subsequently, the interior ministry had Referring to the ministry’s notification on May 10, a letter issued by the Islamabad commissioner’s office today recalled that the army was deployed in the federal capital under Article 245 (functions of armed forces) of the Constitution to maintain law and order. “The situation is now satisfactory in the ICT (Islamabad federal territory) and it is, therefore, requested that the requisition made vide the referred letter may be de-notified, in the best interest of public,” the letter, a copy of which is available with Dawn.com, read. Separately, another letter to the ministry by the Punjab Home Department recalled that the interior ministry had approved army deployment in the province under Article 245, as well as Section 4(3)(ii) of the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997...

As the police cleared the protest site, irate farmers blocked roads at several places in the state, including Hoshiarpur, Batala, Bathinda and Samrala. The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-political), a breakaway faction of the SKM, had been holding the protest outside the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) office since June 8, opposing the installation of smart meters and demanding that the state government stop charging commercial rates on electricity connections for ancillary businesses such as dairying, among others. Early Tuesday morning, a large police force cleared the protest site, and removed tents pitched by the farmers and vehicles parked on the road. The police also took some farmers into preventive custody. Protesters were taken in buses to different police stations even as they raised slogans against the state government. The protesters have been removed with the use of mild force, Inspector General of Police Mukhwinder Singh Chhina told reporters in Patiala. He said some farmer leaders, including Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who were on hunger strike, were taken for medical check-up. Dallewal, who is the president of Bharti Kisan Union (Ekta-Sidhupur), strongly condemned the police action when he was being taken away by policemen. Police said all three gates of the PSPCL office in Patiala have been opened. The protesters had squatted outside the gates of PSPCL, blocking the entry of officials, thus affecting the routine functioning of the power utility. They...

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