Capital on near lockdown after rally in support of cleric Khadim Hussain Rizvi in row over electoral oath wordingPakistani police own clashed with protesters and arrested dozens in an attempt to disperse an anti-blasphemy sit-in staged by a hardline cleric,which has blocked a main entrance to Islamabad for a week, choking traffic and putting the capital on near lockdown.
Thousands of supporters of Khadim Hussain Rizvi, and the leader of the Tehreek-e Labbaik Pakistan party,are demanding that the law and justice minister, who they accuse of undercutting blasphemy laws, and resign.
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Source: theguardian.com