ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal said on Tuesday that riots would have erupted if the Faizabad sit-in were continued for another 24 hours.
The interior minister took to the Twitter stating: “document of finishing dharna was not desirable but there was little choice because if situation had persisted another 24 hours there would be riots.”
He added: “civil and military leadership acted collectively to save the country from threat of religion-based violence. We must heal wounds to unite nation.”
Earlier, the religious leader whose group clashed violently with the security forces and paralysed Islamabad for weeks called off the sit-in protest on Monday after the law minister resigned, meeting its key demand.
"On the assurance of the Chief of Army Staff, we are calling off the sit-in," Khadim Hussain Rizvi told a crowd of around 2,500 demonstrators from the Tehreek-i-Labaik Ya Rasool Allah Pakistan (TLYRA), who have occupied a main highway to the capital since November 6.
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