ISLAMABAD: Pro-Qadri protestors’ sit-in entered in the consecutive third day.
The protesters staged a sit-in at D-Chowk. On Sunday, the protesters, a month after Qadri was hanged for shooting dead Punjab governor Salman Taseer, prayed for him in Rawalpindi, and then marched towards Islamabad’s Red Zone, breaking barriers erected at Faizabad on the way.
Police and Rangers threw tear gas shells on the protesters in a bid to contain them. At least 42 security officials and 16 citizens were injured in the clashes which followed.
Meanwhile, mobile phone services in the capital have been blocked. The government has asked citizens to stay away from the area.
