Pakistan’s Capital Is Turned Upside Down by Unending Protests
Residents of Islamabad are tiring of regular demonstrations demanding the release of the former prime minister Imran Khan, with the marches leading to clashes with security forces.
A capital on lockdown, internet blackouts and protesters clashing with police. What’s going on in Pakistan?
Thousands of supporters of Pakistan’s jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan broke through barricades around the capital Tuesday and marched into Islamabad, clashing with security forces and demanding his release.
Nearly 1,000 held in Pakistan after pro-Khan protests
Pakistani authorities arrested nearly 1,000 supporters of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan who stormed the capital this week to demand his release, the city's police chief said on Wednesday.
Protests to free jailed former Pakistan PM Khan called off for now after deadly clashes
Protests to free former Pakistan PM Imran Khan paused Wednesday as Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi warned protesters that extreme measures will be used if they enter the capital Islamabad.
Supporters of Pakistan's Imran Khan Call off Protest, Local Media Says
Pakistani Rangers guard the area, after security forces launched a raid on supporters of the former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan's party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), in Islamabad, Pakistan,
Imran Khan supporters breach lockdown in Pakistani capital, at least 6 people killed in violence
Supporters seeking the release of imprisoned Pakistani former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday broke through a ring of shipping containers locking down the capital, Islamabad, while at least six people have died in protest-related violence.
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Lockdown in Pakistan’s capital ends after police disperse protestors demanding release of Imran Khan
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Authorities reopened roads linking Pakistan’s capital with the rest of the country ... Khan’s wife, ...
Hours after deadly clashes and crackdown, former Pakistan PM Imran Khan’s party calls off Islamabad protest
PTI also claimed that eight of its workers have allegedly been killed, though police claimed that six people, including four ...
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Faisal Vawada foresees ban on PTI after 'violent' Islamabad protest
Senator Faisal Vawda has expressed concern over the recent violence in Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s thee-day long protest that ...
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Pakistan Police Detain 954 As Imran Khan Supporters Defy Authorities And March Into Islamabad
Islamabad Police Inspector General Ali Nasir Rizvi confirmed that 954 individuals had been arrested between Sunday and ...
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Pakistan govt blames Imran Khan’s wife for breaking negotiations to divert PTI’s march from Islamabad
The efforts to ‘peacefully’ redirect the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) protest march from Islamabad’s D-Chowk were thwarted ...
Pakistan’s Khan Supporters Plan Sit-In After Deadly Protest
Protesters demanding the release of Pakistan’s jailed former premier Imran Khan reached the edge of the nation’s capital, ...
Supporters of Pakistan's Imran Khan call off protest, his party says
The party of Pakistan's jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan suspended street protests seeking his release, it said on ...