Locals are unhappy about movement restrictions and an internet blackout before a rally by former PM Imran Khan’s PTI.

ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday delisted all the cases already scheduled for hearing. All the cases were earlier scheduled for tomorrow (Tuesday). The hearing of cases were delisted due to the closure of roads in Islamabad in the wake of PTI’s protest call.

Routes to Islamabad and Rawalpindi closed with containers, and heavy law enforcement contingents have been deployed in response to PTI's demonstrations.

Pakistan says it is suspending mobile and internet services “in areas with security concerns” as supporters of imprisoned former premier Imran Khan gear up for a protest in the capital.

Barrister Gohar, accompanied by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (K-P) Information Advisor Barrister Saif, and PTI leader Ali Mohammad Khan, met with the jailed party founder. Express News reported. The meeting comes in the context of PTI’s planned protest in Islamabad.

The cause of the outage remains unclear and no official statement has been released which has raised donuts about the timing.