Nearly 4,000 people arrested and at least seven people, including a police officer and members of security forces, lost their lives

Authorities have reopened roads linking Pakistan’s capital with the rest of the country, ending a four-day lockdown, after using tear gas and firing into the air to disperse supporters of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan who demanded his release from prison.

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Authorities have reopened roads linking Pakistan’s capital with the rest of the country, ending a four-day lockdown.

Pakistan’s police on Monday fired tear-gas shells and used baton charges as thousands of supporters of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan tried to storm the capital at protest seeking his release.

Thousands of supporters of Pakistan's jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan marched on the capital Islamabad this week, breaking through barricades and clashing with police in response to his call for a sit-in protest.

Following massive protests in Pakistan demanding the release of former Prime Minister, Imran Khan, Paula Newton speaks with Hasan Haqqani, Pakistan Ambassador to the US, about how this is upsetting the country’s politics.

The unrest coincided with renewed sectarian violence in Kurram district, where eight more people were killed on Thursday following deadly clashes earlier this month.View on euronews