PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Four members of Pakistan’s security services were killed as thousands of former Prime Minister Imran Khan's supporters broke through government barricades and clashed with law enforcement in the country's capital Islamabad Tuesday.
It is extremism,” Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said in a separate statement issued by his office.
The protests were sparked by demands for Khan’s release from jail and the resignation of the federal government over what they call rigged general elections this year.
Interior minister Mohsin Naqvi said Khan’s party rejected a government offer to rally on the outskirts of the city.
Authorities say that only the courts can order Khan's release, who was ousted from government in 2022 through a no-confidence vote in parliament.
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