5:45 pm — PTI, PML-N workers clash in Hyderabad
Supporters of the PTI and PML-N clash with each other in Hyderabad. Activists of the two parties also started hurling stones at each other.
PTI workers were heading towards Dayal Das Club in Hyderabad when the clash broke out between the workers of the PTI and PML-N.
Police, however, intervened and brought the situation in control.
5:40 pm — PTI to protest in Karachi tomorrow
The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) is said to stage a protest in Karachi's Regal Chowk tomorrow.
5:15 pm — PTI to observe day of mourning across Pakistan tomorrow
The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) announces a country-wide day of mourning to protest the killing of its supporter during a clash with PML-N supporters and police in Faisalabad.
PTI activists have also staged a protest in Karachi outside the Karachi Press Club
4:15 pm — Protests erupt in different cities
Workers of the PTI came out in Islamabad to protest the violence in Faisalabad. The enraged activists blocked Abpara Chowk, bringing traffic to a halt. Around 250,000 vehicles are said to travel through this route everyday.
Assistant Commissioner Islamabad says he hasn't received any instructions from the authorities as to how protesters are to be handled.
A similar situation was witnessed in Multan, where PTI workers came out to protest in the city's Nawa Sheher Chowk in protest of the violence by police in Faisalabad.
Protesters were also seen out on the streets in Rahim Yar Khan, burning tyres and chanting slogans against the government.
Meanwhile, a PTI spokesman said that the party had decided to lead a protest demonstration at Mall Road in Lahore as well as outside the Lahore High Court.
2:29 pm — PTI to observe day of mourning against worker killing
PTI's Punjab president Ejaz Chaudhry says the party holds District Coordination Officer (DCO) Faisalabad Noor Ul Amin Mengal, Rana Sanaullah and his son-in-law accountable for the killing of its worker in today's clashes.
He says PTI will observe a day of mourning in Faisalabad tomorrow, adding that he will speak to PTI Chairman Imran Khan to announce a day of mourning across the country.
2:00 pm — Will register FIR against attackers, says Imran
Lamenting police action against party supporters, PTI Chairman Imran Khan says he was going to travel to Faisalabad to register a First Information Report (FIR) against attackers.
Khan says 'Gullu Butts' in the Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) had subjected PTI activists to inexplicable violence.
The PTI Chairman says if the process of recounting had taken place in the first week, following the May 2013 elections, none of this would have happened.
1:55 pm Qureshi lauds decision of Lahore tribunal to open ballot papers in NA-122
Speaking to media representatives in Islamabad's Bani Gala area, PTI vice president Shah Mehmood Qureshi says they were in contact with workers through phone calls.
Lauding the decision of an election tribunal in Lahore to open ballot papers in NA-122 constituency, Qureshi says it was a huge step.
1:50 pm — Election tribunal orders opening of ballot bags in NA-122
An election tribunal on Monday accepted Imran Khan's request for opening the ballot bags in constituency NA-122 to investigate allegations of rigging.
Read more here: Election tribunal orders opening of ballot bags in NA-122
1:40 pm — PML-N, PTI should instruct party workers to remain peaceful, says ANP leader
Awami National Party (ANP) leader Zahid Khan said the state should not harbour hopelessness, adding that when a state becomes hopeless, then it leads to an anarchic state in the country.
He stated that problems should not be resolved by coming out on the roads, adding that the proper channel for resolving problems was the Parliament. He also said that both parties should ask their workers to remain peaceful.
1:34 pm — MQM leader Haider Abbas condemns Faisalabad violence
In a tweet posted on his official Twitter account, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Haider Abbas Rizvi has condemned the violence in Faisalabad, saying that it is deplorable.
1:30 pm — PTI workers reach Rana Sanaullah's area
PTI workers reach the 'dera' of PML-N leader and former Punjab law minister Rana Sanaullah, while carrying the body of deceased PTI activist Asghar who was killed in today's clashes in Faisalabad. PTI activists are shouting slogans to mark their protest.
Meanwhile, PML-N workers are also making their way to Sanaullah's area.
1:17 pm — PTI says shooter was PML-N guard
PTI spokesperson Dr Shireen Mazari claims that the man who shot dead PTI worker Asghar is Rana Sanaullah’s son-in-law’s guard.
She says PTI had been holding peaceful rallies since three months, adding that Sanaullah should know how PML-N workers incite violence.
Mazari also recalls that when Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) was holding demonstrations in Peshawar to protest the killing of its party's Sindh Secretary General in Sukkur, the PTI administration in KP had not stopped them and KP Chief Minister Pervez Khattak had undertaken a different route in order to travel to Islamabad. She alleged that PML-N don’t have that kind of a democratic mindset and attitude.
Mazari also says that police is not doing anything to cease the clashes in Faisalabad, except for inflicting violence on PTI workers.
12:18 pm — PM calls cabinet meeting on Faisalabad situation
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif calls a meeting of the federal cabinet to review the current situation in Faisalabad, DawnNews reported.
12:00 pm — CM Shahbaz takes notice
Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif takes notice of firing on Faisalabad's Novelty Pull and has summoned a report of the incident. He also orders action against those responsible for the firing.
11:45 am — Traffic blocked
A clash has taken place on Novelty Chowk as a result of which traffic on Millat Road was blocked. Police is now using watercannons to dispel protesters. Stick-wielding activists of the two parties also pelted each other with eggs. PTI workers are blocking roads in the city to protest against the government, said a police officer.
Police use water cannons on PTI workers
protest erupting in gujrat,multan and karachi and many cities
