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Asia/ South Asia

Pakistan army deployed in Islamabad after protest bloodshed on highway to capital

Protests erupted across Pakistan on Saturday after security forces launched an early-morning crackdown on thousands of religious demonstrators

Protests erupted across Pakistan on Saturday after security forces launched an early-morning crackdown on thousands of religious demonstrators

Pakistan’s government has called on the powerful military to deploy in the capital Islamabad after deadly unrest broke out when police moved to dislodge an Islamist protest that has paralysed the city for weeks.

At least six people were killed and some 190 injured – around 137 of whom were security personnel – in fierce clashes as police tried to disperse the demonstration earlier Saturday.