Pakistan’s Khan Supporters Plan Sit-In After Deadly Protest
- Paramilitary, policeman are killed in violent protests
- Pakistan’s government lays blame at feet of former premier
WATCH: Thousands of Imran Khan supporters breached roadblocks and clashed with police to converge in Islamabad.
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Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party has announced a sit-in after thousands of his supporters breached roadblocks and clashed with police for two days to converge in Islamabad in deadly protests that killed at least six people.
The violence erupted when protesters demanding the release of jailed opposition leader Khan entered the capital late Monday, defying efforts by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s government to stop them from entering Islamabad. The South Asian nation’s KSE-100 Index fell 3.2%, the most in 11 months, at close, swinging from an earlier gain of as much as 1.8%.