Thousands rally against execution of former police bodyguard as latest demand to abandon protest passes without actionProtests by thousands of Islamists in Islamabad own continued outside Pakistan’s parliament building after the government abandoned a series of deadlines for them to halt the demonstration.
The government failed to carry out its threat to use force to clear an estimated 2000 people from the sensitive site at the heart of the capital on Tuesday night, despite assembling thousands of riot police and giving the protesters a two-hour warning.
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Source: theguardian.com