in Islamabad and some parts of Punjab province ahead of the party's November 2 planned lock down of the capital aiming to unseat Sharif.
Imran also said Sharif and his brother Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif were using the whole state machinery to save a corrupt prime minister.
According to former Punjab governor and PTI leader Chaudhry Sarwar, so far Punjab and Islamabad police have arrested 1,000 Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf workers.
He said police was not only arresting the PTI workers heading to Islamabad but also from their homes.
The Punjab government has started blocking all entry points leading to the federal capital. The government's decision was causing immense inconvenience to commuters.
Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah said the government had closed roads near Attock to check the movement of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf workers into Punjab because they are planning to head towards Islamabad.
However, he said no other roads in the province had been blocked "completely" though snap-checking of all those heading towards the federal capital was being carried out.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government spokesman Mushtaq Ghani said that the federal and Punjab governments had converted the province into a prison by placing barriers on roads.
He said Prime Minister Sharif could "punish" the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf workers but he had no right to create hardship for the people of the entire province.
The Peshawar-Islamabad motorway has also been closed at one point while barricades have also been placed at Mardan and Nowshera roads.
Heavy contingents of police have been deployed on various roads leading to Islamabad while transporters had been warned against facilitating the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf supporters.
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