Pakistan arrests 147 in Punjab towns as protests in capital continue As twin protests in Islamabad entered a fifth day on Tuesday, Pakistan police said they had arrested some 150 supporters of protest leaders overnight in Punjab province in a crackdown ahead of widening demonstrations in the capital. Opposition leader Imran Khan and firebrand cleric Tahir ul-Qadri have led tens of thousands of supporters from Punjab to Islamabad in a bid to bring down Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, whom they accuse of rigging elections and corruption. The protests have piled extra pressure on the 15-month-old civilian government already struggling to overcome high unemployment, daily power cuts and a Taliban insurgency. The protests have raised questions over the political stability of Pakistan, a nuclear-armed nation of 180 million people with a history of coups.
Posted on: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 12:35:52 +0000
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