{"id":3785,"date":"2014-08-31T05:41:14","date_gmt":"2014-08-31T05:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp3\/?p=3785"},"modified":"2014-08-31T05:41:14","modified_gmt":"2014-08-31T05:41:14","slug":"anti-pm-sharif-clashes-continue-in-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2014\/08\/31\/3785\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-PM Sharif clashes continue in Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/stories\/news3\/pakistan-islamabad.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"float: right; margin: 5px;\" \/>Clashes are continuing in Pakistan between police and protesters demanding the resignation of PM Nawaz Sharif.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Police again fired tear gas as the demonstrators tried to regroup after a night of violence near Mr Sharif&#8217;s residence in the capital, Islamabad.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">At least 300 people were injured in the clashes, including 26 policemen.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Demonstrators loyal to opposition politician Imran Khan and cleric Tahirul Qadri have been taking part in a sit-in for two weeks.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">They want Mr Sharif to resign, alleging corruption and electoral fraud. The prime minister denies the accusation.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Islamabad police chief Khalid Khattak told the BBC that close to 100 protesters had been arrested as the crowds tried to march on Mr Sharif&#8217;s official residence in the capital.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;Many of them were armed with axes, hammers and cutters, and I&#8217;m sure they also have firearms though we haven&#8217;t seen one yet,&#8221; he said.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On Friday Pakistan&#8217;s powerful army chief, Gen Raheel Sharif, stepped in to mediate amid an ongoing deadlock.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Imran Khan ended talks with the government last week.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A government minister said that repeated attempts to resolve the two-week long standoff with protesters had failed.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Speaking to BBC World TV, cleric Qadri condemned the police&#8217;s actions as an &#8220;unimaginable attack by the state upon the people&#8221;, and denied that protesters were armed with weapons.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Local TV pictures showed police throwing tear gas shells, and protesters throwing rocks back at them, some wielding sticks and slingshots.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">An official at the Polyclinic hospital in Islamabad told reporters that the wounds of those injured were caused by teargas shells, stones and batons.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Military helicopters were despatched to survey the scene on the Constitution Avenue, one of the most secure zones in the city, housing a number of government buildings and residences.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The violence was sparked when the two opposition leaders ordered their supporters, many whom were wielding batons, to move closer to the PM&#8217;s house.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The protesters began their sit-in after a huge march from Lahore to Islamabad, vowing to camp out in the capital until the government stood down.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Last year&#8217;s elections marked Pakistan&#8217;s first civilian transfer of power.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Source: <em><strong>BBC NEWS<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clashes are continuing in Pakistan between police and protesters demanding the resignation of PM Nawaz Sharif.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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