(ANSA) – ISLAMABAD, MAY 26 – At least 27 members of security personnel in Pakistan were injured during clashes with supporters of the party of former Prime Minister Imran Khan yesterday in Islamabad.
A demonstration led by Khan entered the federal capital and headed downtown for a sit-in. Supporters of his party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), clashed with police and paramilitary forces. “A total of 27 security personnel were injured, including 18 policemen and nine paramilitaries,” Islamabad police said in a statement. Protesters also set a subway bus station and several trees on fire.
Imran Khan’s party calls for the removal of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s government and early general elections.
Claiming that he was overthrown by the United States during a no-confidence vote against him last month. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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