钢铁长城。全城俄罗斯方块。“集装箱斯坦。”这就是巴基斯坦首都伊斯兰堡如今的样子：警方在主要反对党计划抗议前，用1500多个集装箱封锁了全城。
A wall of steel. Citywide Tetris. “Containeristan.” This is what Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, looks like these days after police sealed off the city with more than 1,500 shipping containers ahead of a protest planned by the main opposition party.
两排色彩斑斓的集装箱蜿蜒在通往总理官邸和议会的道路上，将巴基斯坦人民的代表挡在视线和触及之外。
Two rows of colorful containers snake along the road leading to the prime minister’s house and Parliament, pushing the representatives of the Pakistani people out of sight and out of reach.
反对党“巴基斯坦正义运动党”号召支持者和平游行至伊斯兰堡，要求释放其领袖、前板球明星兼前总理伊姆兰·汗。自2023年以来，他因腐败指控入狱，他及其党认为这是政治迫害。
Pakistan Tehreek-e Insaf, the opposition party, had called on its supporters to march peacefully on Islamabad to demand the release of its leader, the former cricket star and prime minister Imran Khan. He has been imprisoned since 2023 on corruption charges that he and his party describe as politically motivated.
但周五，党官员表示将原定周日的游行推迟至10月4日。他们希望延期能对己有利：要么政府届时解封街道，要么集装箱持续存在进一步激化民众对政府的愤怒。周五下午，工程车辆仍在城内外搬运集装箱，截至周五晚间仍未撤离。
But on Friday, party officials said they would postpone the march, which had been scheduled for Sunday, until Oct. 4. They said they hoped a delay would work in their favor: either the government would unblock the streets by then, or the containers’ continued presence would further increase public anger against the government. On Friday afternoon, construction vehicles were still moving containers in and around the city, and they remained in place as of Friday evening.
巴基斯坦主要反对党号召支持者和平游行至首都伊斯兰堡，但集装箱如今已封锁了城市大部分主干道。
But on Friday, party officials said they would postpone the march, which had been scheduled for Sunday, until Oct. 4. They said they hoped a delay would work in their favor: either the government would unblock the streets by then, or the containers’ continued presence would further increase public anger against the government. On Friday afternoon, construction vehicles were still moving containers in and around the city, and they remained in place as of Friday evening.
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