The federal government on Saturday rejected "misleading" reports about the closure of roads across Islamabad ahead of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) planned October 4 long march, saying containers have been placed in the federal capital as a precaution.

The rebuttal comes after Al Jazeera reported that 1,500 to 2,000 shipping containers have been seized by the federal government to barricade the federal capital's roads ahead of the march. The Imran Khan-founded PTI had earlier postponed its planned long march towards the federal capital from September 27 to October 4.

Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has previously said that the government will adopt a permanent strategy to handle the PTI long march towards Islamabad, warning that the country will not be allowed to remain shut for 10 to 20 days due to demonstrations.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting issued a fact-check statement on the report about the road closures, saying the containers have been placed as a precaution in Islamabad in compliance with the Islamabad High Court's directions to protect citizens' lives, property, and lawful movement.