PAKISTAN’S opposition Tehreek-e-Insaf party held a day of protest in the city of Lahore today.

Hundreds of supporters blocked roads and traffic junctions as they demanded an inquiry into allegations of election-rigging.

Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) activists gathered to block Lahore’s major arteries by staging sit-ins and burning car tyres while calling on local businesses to shut down as a mark of protest.

Party workers were also seen forcing the closure of public transport facilities in certain areas of the city.

PTI leader Imran Khan alleges that the ruling PML-N party rigged the country’s 2013 general elections and has called for an independent judicial commission to investigate those claims.

The PTI won 34 seats in the national assembly in the election, compared with the PML-N’s 189 and the Pakistan People’s Party’s 46 seats.

Nawaz Sharif’s government has struggled to deal with previous protests, with clashes between PML-N and PTI workers breaking out at a similar protest in Faisalabad on December 8.

Limited confrontations occurred between PML-N and PTI workers in Lahore, which is one of the PML-N’s political strongholds.

“Until we get justice, Imran Khan and the PTI will not stop fighting against Nawaz Sharif,” Mr Khan told supporters at a rally in the Bhatta Chowk area of Lahore.

Authorities said they had deployed 15,000 police to “ensure the maintenance of order.”

The PTI has threatened to “shut down” the country on Thursday if its demands are not met.