The government is resorting to the same old tried and tested oppressive administrative tactics to prevent protesters from assembling in the federal capital against the backdrop of the much delayed move to reach some kind of a deal at least with Imran Khan and his PTI. The mood of Dr Qadri and his supporters seems grim as they take on the police, resulting into sporadic incidents of violence in Lahore and some other parts of Punjab. The government also appears to be in no mood to extend an olive
