Three people were killed and about 500 injured in clashes between Pakistani police and protesters in Islamabad on Monday as demonstrators moved toward the home of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in an increasingly violent standoff over the legitimacy of last year’s elections.
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Pakistani protesters chase a troop of riot police officers during a protest near the prime minister’s home in Islamabad, Pakistan on August 31, 2014. Pakistani police clashed with scattered pockets of anti-government protesters trying to advance on the prime minister’s residence after a night of violence that saw hundreds wounded. Anjum Naveed/AP Photo -
Anti-government protesters armed with rocks and wooden clubs clashed with police in Islamabad September 1, hours after the powerful army called for a peaceful resolution to the political crisis rocking Pakistan. Asif Hassan/AFP Photo -
Opposition groups marched to the capital on August 15 to try to oust Sharif over alleged election fraud. Farooq Naeem/AFP Photo -
Imran Khan addresses his supporters. Asif Hassan/AFP Photo -
Supporters of cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan and Canadian cleric Tahir Ul Qadri gather near the prime minister’s residence in Islamabad on August 31, 2014. Mr Khan vowed on August 31 to protest ‘until the last breath’. Farooq Naeem/AFP Photo -
The military urged the government and protesters to settle their differences peacefully, but warned it was ‘committed to playing its part in ensuring security of the state’. Asif Hassan/AFP Photo
In pictures: anti-government protests in Pakistan turn deadly
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