Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) workers have held protest against removal of barricades outside residence of Dr Tahirul Qadri.
Angry workers protested in Model Town area of Lahore and pelted the police with stones. Police resort to baton charge and teargas shelling.
The protesters blocked Metro Bus at Ravi Toll Plaza and Chongi Amar Sadhu where citizens were facing problem due to traffic jam. A large number of police force reached the scene.
Meanwhile, Pakistan Awami Tehreek workers thronged Faizabad and staged sit-in by blocking Rawalpindi-Islamabad Expressway. A large number of women also participated in the protest while traffic from Rawalpindi to Lahore also blocked.
In Faisalabad, the workers rushed to District Council Chowk and blocked Millat Chowk and Narwala Chowk. The angry PAT workers held protest outside Bahawalpur Press Club. They staged sit-in and blocked traffic while workers in Layyah also held protest and blocked traffic at Multan-Mianwali Road.
The Awaim Tehreek workers in Bhakkar also held protest to express solidarity with their party chief. The protesters blocked Mianwali-Rawalpindi Road.