巴基斯坦风声鹤唳，正为周日的对峙做准备：金属路障钉被安装在桥梁上，通往伊斯兰堡的道路被数千个集装箱封锁，以阻止巴基斯坦正义运动党（PTI）发起的要求释放前总理伊姆兰·汗的抗议游行。
A jittery Pakistan is bracing for a showdown on Sunday, with metal spikes being fitted on bridges and roads to Islamabad being barricaded with thousands of containers to stop a PTI protest march to free former PM Imran Khan.
金属路障钉横亘在巴基斯坦的阿托克大桥上。通往伊斯兰堡的道路被数千个焊接在一起的货运集装箱封死。巴基斯坦正义运动党（PTI）领导人疑似被持枪绑架的视频在网络疯传。这就是风声鹤唳的巴基斯坦为周日伊姆兰·汗支持者大规模进军首都所做的准备。
Metal spikes jut across Pakistan's Attock Bridge. The roads leading to Islamabad have been sealed with thousands of shipping containers welded together. Videos of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders being allegedly abducted at gunpoint have gone viral. This is how a jittery Pakistan is preparing itself ahead of a massive march to the capital by supporters of Imran Khan this Sunday.
由夏巴兹·谢里夫领导的政府陷入如此恐慌，以至于9月27日的大游行在过去两周主导了巴基斯坦的政治话语权。巴基斯坦甚至逮捕了被监禁的前总理伊姆兰的三名姐妹，指控她们扰乱公共秩序。这仅仅是政府对伊姆兰亲属及其党内领导人实施高压打压的开始。正义运动党为何宣布游行要求释放伊姆兰·汗？
Such is the panic in the Shehbaz Sharif-led government that the big September 27 march has dominated Pakistan's political discourse over the past two weeks. Pakistan has even arrested the three sisters of the jailed former prime minister, accusing them of being a threat to public order. It was only the beginning of a heavy-handed government crackdown on Imran's relatives and his party leaders. WHY HAS PTI ANNOUNCED MARCH TO FREE IMRAN KHAN?
事实上，他们的律师告诉《卫报》，数百名警察被派去逮捕伊姆兰的姐妹乌兹马和诺琳。他声称，甚至连她们年仅4岁和6岁的子孙以及家庭佣人也一同被捕。她们的住宅在突击搜查中被洗劫一空。不过，孩子们在第二天获释。
In fact, their lawyer told The Guardian that hundreds of police officers were sent to arrest Uzma and Noreen (Imran's sisters). He claimed that even their children and grandchildren, aged 4 and 6, were arrested along with household staff. Their house was also ransacked during the raids. However, the children were released the next day.
自2023年以来，伊姆兰及其妻子布什拉·比比因在一系列腐败案件中被判刑，一直被关押在拉瓦尔品第的阿迪亚拉监狱。 منذ那时起，正义运动党工人与警方频繁发生冲突，并伴随着伊姆兰在羁押期间死亡的传闻。
Imran and his wife, Bushra Bibi, have lodged at Rawalpindi's Adiala Jail since 2023 after being convicted in a web of corruption cases. Since then, there have been frequent clashes between PTI workers and the police amid rumours of Imran's death in custody.
在这三年里，伊姆兰从法院获得的最重要宽慰发生在上个月。8月，最高法院下令在48小时内将伊姆兰送往伊斯兰堡的一家私立医院。伊姆兰在夜色掩护下被送往医院，事态发展迅如闪电。
In these three years, the most significant relief Imran received from courts was last month. In August, the Supreme Court ordered Imran to be taken to a private hospital in Islamabad within 48 hours. Imran was taken to the hospital under the cover of darkness, with events unfolding at breakneck speed.
第二天巴基斯坦还没醒来，伊姆兰就已重返监狱。政府随后声称，医生认定这位前总理“身体状况适宜”入狱。然而随后曝出，这位2022年被迫下台的前总理实际上被送往了另一家医院。
Before Pakistan woke up the next morning, Imran was back in prison. The government later said the former PM was deemed "medically fit" by the doctors. However, it later emerged that the former PM, who was ousted from power in 2022, was taken to a different hospital.
伊姆兰的医生称，他患有多种健康问题，包括视力不佳和极度压力。定居英国的儿子们指责巴基斯坦陆军参谋长阿西姆·穆尼尔搞“个人恩怨”，并指控他们的父亲正在狱中被“慢性杀害”。
Imran's doctors have said he was suffering from several health issues, including poor eyesight and extreme stress. His sons, who stay in the UK, have accused Pakistan army chief Asim Munir of a "personal vendetta" and alleged that their father was being slowly killed in prison.
就是在这一背景下，伊姆兰的姐妹们和正义运动党（PTI）宣布于9月27日举行抗议游行。尽管面临镇压，开伯尔-普什图省首席部长索海尔·阿弗里迪表示，游行将“不惜一切代价”举行。巴基斯坦在游行前如何进行镇压？
It is against this backdrop that Imran's sisters and PTI announced the September 27 protest march. Despite the crackdown, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister Sohail Afridi said the march would take place "at all costs". HOW PAKISTAN HAS CRACKED DOWN BEFORE MARCH? It is this fear that has prompted the Sharif government to take unprecedented measures to turn Islamabad into a fortress.
正是这种恐惧促使夏巴兹政府采取前所未有的措施，将伊斯兰堡变成一座堡垒。
The crackdown began days ago, with the government first sealing off the main roads into Islamabad. According to a report in The Dawn, authorities have said the closures were indefinite.
镇压行动始于数天前，政府首先封锁了通往伊斯兰堡的主要道路。据《黎明报》报道，当局称封锁将无限期持续。
The crackdown began days ago, with the government first sealing off the main roads into Islamabad. According to a report in The Dawn, authorities have said the closures were indefinite.
连接开伯尔-普什图省和旁遮普省的主要通道阿托克大桥已用金属尖刺加固。该大桥预计将成为正义运动党“长征”的起点。
The Attock Bridge, the main crossing between Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab, has been fortified with metal spikes. The bridge is expected to be the starting point of the PTI's long march.
当局还试图用2000多个集装箱将伊斯兰堡围起来。这些集装箱被焊接在一起并装上尖刺，内部填充砾石以防倾覆。总而言之，所有可能的入口都已设置路障。
Authorities have also attempted to wall off Islamabad by placing over 2,000 shipping containers around the capital. The containers have been welded together and fitted with spikes as well. They have been filled with gravel so that they cannot be toppled. All in all, all possible entry points have been barricaded.
安保力度也大幅升级。仅在阿托克区就部署了近3万安保人员。多所中小学被关闭，用于安置从旁遮普省和信德省调来的安保人员。
Security has also been significantly tightened. Nearly 30,000 security personnel have been deployed in the Attock district alone. Several schools and colleges have been shut to house the security personnel brought in from Punjab and Sindh.
此次部署规模之大，甚至超过了今年4月伊斯兰堡接待美国副总统和伊朗代表团进行和平谈判时的安保等级。
Security has also been significantly tightened. Nearly 30,000 security personnel have been deployed in the Attock district alone. Several schools and colleges have been shut to house the security personnel brought in from Punjab and Sindh.
据半岛电视台报道，警方预计此次游行将吸引超过2.5万人参加。然而，如果回溯到2023年5月9日伊姆兰被捕之时，近5万名正义运动党（PTI）支持者曾在巴基斯坦街头暴动。
Such high deployment was not even seen when Islamabad hosted the US vice president and the Iranian delegation for peace talks in April. According to a report in Al Jazeera, police expect the march to draw over 25,000 people. However, if we jog back our memory to May 9, 2023, when Imran was arrested, nearly 50,000 PTI supporters ran riot across Pakistan's streets.
事态并未止步于此。正义运动党指控称，其领导人在开伯尔-普什图省遭遇持枪绑架。一段视频在网络上疯传，画面显示持枪蒙面男子拦截了一辆正义运动党声称属于开伯尔-普什图省部长法扎尔·舒库尔·汗的车辆。
It has not stopped there. PTI has alleged that its leaders were being abducted at gunpoint in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. A video has gone viral showing armed and masked men intercepting a vehicle that PTI claimed belonged to KP minister Fazal Shakoor Khan.
正义运动党指控称，该车辆在白沙瓦高等法院附近遭枪击轮胎后被迫停下。不过，印度今日电视台无法独立核实该视频的真实性。
The PTI has alleged that the vehicle was stopped by firing at its tyres near the Peshawar High Court. However, the video could not be independently verified by India Today.
《黎明报》的一篇社论指出，夏巴兹政府似乎是在为“入侵”而非“政治活动”做准备。
An editorial in Dawn said that the Shehbaz government appeared to be preparing "not for a political event but an invasion".
据报道，伊斯兰堡的医院也已接到警报，做好应对可能发生的暴力冲突和“大规模伤亡事件”的准备。非必要手术已推迟，医院被要求储备血浆。这充分说明，这场“释放伊姆兰·汗”游行已让当权派深感震动。
Hospitals in Islamabad have also been alerted for possible violence and a "mass casualty incident", according to a report. Non-essential surgeries have been postponed, and hospitals have been told to maintain reserves of blood bags. It speaks volumes to the extent that the march to 'free Imran Khan' has rattled the establishment.