Many major roads in Lahore were blocked on Sunday during Prime Minister Imran Khan’s visit to the metropolis, leading to massive traffic jams.
Despite PM Khan’s pledge of putting an end to VVIP protocols across the country, the premier was given a VVIP protocol with many roads, particularly the Canal Road, being blocked for security reasons.
The security and protocol in Lahore’s Zaman Park neighbourhood – where Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Lahore home is located and where he has gone today pic.twitter.com/5dmbQhLnQH
— omar r quraishi (@omar_quraishi) September 23, 2018
A video shared on Twitter on Sunday showed PM Khan’s motorcade which included many BMW SUVs, putting the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government’s austerity claims to shame.
17 roads blocked in Lahore for Imran khan and Bushra Pinky bibi, 350 security personnel on duty, curfew in Zaman Park. Punjab police being used like slaves by PTI govt. 17 armoured cars, two helicopters on standby. IK is the new Mughal King of Pakistan pic.twitter.com/gyI9HIVrZF
— Sidrah Memon (@SidrahMemon1) September 23, 2018
Alternatively, a protest staged by the affectees of Eden Housing Society scam in the Zaman Park neighbourhood contributed to more roads being blocked.
Citizens were irked by the blockage of roads at a time when the rain had already slowed down traffic movement in the provincial capital.
