Jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party on Wednesday temporarily suspended .
At least six people, including four paramilitary troops and two protesters, have been killed in demonstrations.
What do we know about the police raid in Islamabad?
Pakistani media reported that a massive raid was launched by security forces overnight in the Pakistani capital, leading to the dispersal of the PTI protests.
Meanwhile, authorities reopened roads linking Islamabad with the rest of country, ending a four-day lockdown.
“All roads are being reopened, and the demonstrators have been dispersed,” Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said.
On Wednesday morning, city workers cleaned up debris in the aftermath of the protests.
Several vehicles were left behind in the heavily fortified Red Zone, including the remains of a truck from which Khan’s wife, Bushra Bibi, had been leading the protests. The Reuters news agency cited witnesses as saying that the vehicle appeared to be charred by flames.
Why were Imran Khan supporters protesting in Islamabad?
On Tuesday, blocking off the capital and marched onto D-Chowk square, a historic rallying point that lies on the edge of Islamabad’s Red Zone.
Khan supporters began a “long march” on Sunday to the capital from the northwestern Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province and eastern Punjab province to demand his release.
The embattled that he says are politically motivated.
Khan was ousted in 2022 in a no-confidence vote in parliament.
Hundreds of protesters have been arrested since the start of the demonstrations and .
sdi/nm (AP, AFP, Reuters)
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