Islamabad, Pakistan. Archive photoMOSCOW, May 26.The Pakistani government has authorized the deployment of troops in Islamabad's Red Zone, an area where the main government buildings are located, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said. The Islamic Republic of Pakistan is pleased to authorize the deployment of a sufficient number of Pakistan Army troops in the red zone in the Islamabad Capital Territory to help the civil authorities protect important government buildings,» the order, which the minister posted on Twitter, said. The army and the Capital Territory Administration will determine the exact number of troops. On Wednesday, Pakistani police used tear gas to disperse supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan's Tehreek-e-Insaf party. The incident took place in the northeastern city of Lahore, near the Batty Chowk road junction, where party supporters were supposed to gather to march on Islamabad. Police detained at least 12 Tehreek-e-Insaf supporters following the clash. Earlier, Imran Khan announced an «Independence March» for the party's supporters in the Pakistani capital, scheduled for May 25. According to him, the protest should be peaceful, it was planned to arrange a sit-in, which would last until the dissolution of the lower house of parliament and the appointment of a date for early elections. In turn, the government of Pakistan intends to interfere with this march and blocked part of the roads leading to Islamabad. In early April, the lower house of the Pakistani Parliament elected the president of the Pakistan Muslim League (N), Shahbaz Sharif, as prime minister. He was effectively the only candidate in the elections after the Tehreek-e-Insaf party withdrew from parliament shortly before the scheduled election of a new prime minister. At the same time, on the eve of the vote on the candidacy of the prime minister, thousands of people took part in demonstrations in support of Khan and his Tehreek-e-Insaf party. As the ex-premier himself noted, «never in our history have such crowds come out so spontaneously and in such numbers, rejecting an imported government headed by swindlers.» Soon after the appointment of a new prime minister, Khan demanded the immediate holding of parliamentary elections in the country, following which new head of government.Former Pakistani prime minister charged with blasphemy
