Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal

One killed, 150 injured in Islamabad in clashes after security forces step up efforts to disperse protesters

One security person was killed and over 150 others were injured in Islamabad during clashes which broke out after police and paramilitary forces launched an operation to disperse protestors.

Pakistan officials defer crackdown on religious protesters blocking Islamabad highways

Pakistani authorities on Sunday deferred by 24 hours the operation against protesters led by hardline clerics blocking two busy highways in the capital, as the earlier deadline for them to disperse peacefully or face a crackdown came to an end.