The Islamabad Capital Territory Administration Saturday closed the Parade Avenue, also known as D-Chowk permanently for protest demonstrations, warning for action against those holding such gathering there in future. “No protest demonstration would be allowed at D-Chowk in future. The venue has been closed down in pursuance of the federal government’s decision,” Deputy Commissioner Islamabad Amer Ahmed Ali told APP. The administration has placed concrete barricades at the intersection and affixed barbed wires there to keep the protestors away. He said Section 144 is already imposed in federal capital, so the protestors gathering there at the D-Chowk would have to face action under the same law. He said the city administration has already specified Fatima Jinnah Park for the protest demonstrations where the protestors would be provided all possible facilities. The deputy commissioner said the growing number of protests at D-Chowk had been raising security concerns for being located very close to the high profile buildings at Constitution Avenue.
