told a press conference the government will not allow a sitin the minister addedkhan pledges islamabad sitin will be peaceful 314 pmthe former premier has said he will reach the parliament building in islamabad by removing blockades en route he told his supporters that the planned sitin will be peacefulforeign minister says pakistan has immense business potential 242 pmforeign minister bilawal bhutto zardari told a group of business leaders in davos that pakistan has immense potential if the country stayed united in the face of the war in ukraine and climate change khan leads rally in khyberpakhtunkhwa stronghold 157 pmkhan is now leading a convoy from his partys provincial stronghold of khyberpakhtunkhwa rallies have started across pakistans major cities and are all expected to converge at islamabad later in the daygovernment says reports indicate khans march to fuel unrest 1152 ampakistans government says intelligence reports suggested weapons were being stocked and would be used in the protest to create anarchy a raid in lahore has also led to recovery of weapons from the residence of an official with khans pakistan tehreekeinsaf a junior petroleum minister musadik malik said at a press conferencepresident calls for joint sitting of parliament 1146 ampresident arif alvi summoned a parliament sitting for thursday at 4 pm according to a statement by his office no other details were given senators and members of the national assembly will discuss the current political situation according to a lawmaker from prime minister shehbaz sharifs partytop court hears petition challenging ban on khans protest 1100 amthe supreme court is hearing a petition challenging the governments decision to ban khans protest march and to block off key roads and buildings in capital islamabad its not clear when the court will hand down an orderpolice use tear gas to disperse protesters 1030 ampolice used tear gas to disperse protesters in lahore the countrys secondlargest city and a stronghold of sharifs party as they tried to remove barricades set up to prevent them from heading to islamabad local television channels reportedpakistan bonds advance a 2nd day rupee at record low 937 ampakistans dollar bonds due 2031 climbed a second day on wednesday with the debt indicated 1 cent higher at 63315 cents on the dollar the nations benchmark stock index dropped 04 on wednesday to the lowest since december 2020 on tuesday the rupee slid to a recordlow 20141 per dollarimran khans party to continue with protest march 215 amthe pakistan tehreekeinsaf plans to carry on with a protest march to islamabad to push for the dissolution of the national assembly and fresh elections the party plans to hold a sitin until khans demands are acceptedsharifs government has said it will stop the protest gatherings of five or more people in punjab province have been banned and police have detained several of khans party leaders in overnight raids earlier this week