Media reports quoted an interior ministry order, which authorised the deployment of “sufficient” military troops in Islamabad to “control law and order” in the city until further notice. Security forces fought running battles with stone-throwing activists of the ultra-religious Tehreek-e-Labbaik, but failed to dislodge the activists blocking roads into Islamabad. At least two people were killed and over 200 were injured across Islamabad and Rawalpindi, with the number expected to rise. Pakistan’s interior minister Ahsan Iqbal claimed that the protestors had “contacted India”, and the government was investigating “why they did it”, without giving further details about his claim. DawnNews reported that protesters tried to break into the residence of former interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan in Faizabad.

Source: Hindustan Times November 25, 2017 17:15 UTC