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.
Imran Khan supporters call off protest after crackdown
Opposition supporters in Pakistan have temporarily called off protests demanding the release of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan,
Pakistan government's midnight crackdown ends protest by Imran Khan's party in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: A midnight crackdown by the security personnel forced the supporters of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan to evacuate the D-Chowk and its adjacent main business district of the capital ending their protest,
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 paramilitary forces, have died in the protest.
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.
Pakistan Arrests Hundreds in Crackdown on Protests Backing Ex-Leader
More than 600 people were arrested in an overnight crackdown on supporters of Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister in Islamabad, the police said on Wednesday. The crackdown brought a swift end to the protests that have gripped Islamabad,
Imran Khan Party Says Crackdown Started on Protest in Islamabad
Pakistan’s government has launched a crackdown and arrested several protesters of former prime minister Imran Khan’s party that started a sit-in in Islamabad to demand his release from jail, according to the opposition political party.
Pakistan police push man off 25ft shipping containers at Imran Khan protest
X / @gator17000 Pakistani security forces pushed a protester off a 25-foot tall stack of shipping containers as they were ...
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Faisal Vawada foresees ban on PTI after 'violent' Islamabad protest
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Pakistan's Imran Khan Counts Donald Trump as Ally in Fight for Freedom
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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 ...