Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah, in a press conference, said that he has instructed the Islamabad chief secretary and inspector general of police to provide foolproof security to PTI marchers in Rawalpindi.

"The stage should be kept bulletproof at every cost [...] and entry to the stage should not only be made safe but the people on the stage should be kept an eye on as well," he said.

The minister also discouraged people from attending the march, saying it was not a movement for "Haqeeqi Azadi but to create instability in the country".

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