Pakistan lifts lockdown after police crackdown, why was Islamabad under siege? Who is behind the protest?
Pakistan is facing a massive law and order breakdown after thousands of protestors, supporters of Imran Khan, stormed into the national capital, Islamabad.
Pakistan ends lockdown of its capital after Imran Khan supporters are dispersed by police
Authorities have reopened roads linking Pakistan’s capital with the rest of the country, ending a four-day lockdown, after using tear gas and firing into the air to disperse supporters of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan who demanded his release from prison.
Pakistan Arrests Hundreds in Crackdown on Protests Backing Ex-Leader
The crackdown brought a swift end to the protests that have gripped Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital, this week ever since thousands of people gathered in the city to demand the release of Imran Khan, the former prime minister. Mr. Khan has been in prison since last August on charges that his party claims are politically motivated.
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.
Khan supporters in Pakistan break through Islamabad barriers
Thousands of demonstrators supporting former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan broke through barricades around Islamabad on Tuesday, killing four security service members and moving toward the center of the city.
One killed and dozens injured as Pakistan police clash with former leader's supporters
Authorities had locked down the capital, Islamabad, to prevent a protest in support of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan, who remains highly popular.
What has caused Pakistan's deadly clashes between police and supporters of Imran Khan?
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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,
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, his party says
The party of Pakistan's jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan suspended street protests seeking his release, it said on Wednesday, following media reports of hundreds of arrests by security forces in a sweeping midnight raid in the capital.
Imran Khan supporters breach lockdown in Pakistani capital Islamabad
Supporters seeking the release of imprisoned Pakistani former Prime Minister Imran Khan broke through a ring of shipping containers blocking off the capital on Tuesday, and battled security forces despite a government threat to respond with gunfire.
Pakistan police push man off 25ft shipping containers at Imran Khan protest
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Pakistan’s political tensions escalate after new violent clashes
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