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Islamabad/Karachi, Apr 19 (EFE/EPA).-Supporters of a banned Islamist group have freed 11 police officers from their captivity after holding them hostage for several hours, the government said Monday, after days of violent protests following the arrest of their leader.Negotiations continue between the Islamists and the government to end the stalemate over continued demonstrations over the controversial cartoons depicting Prophet Muhammad.(Camera: REHAN KHAN/SOHAIL SHAHZAD)SHOT LIST: STRIKE IN ISLAMABAD AND KARACHI (PAKISTAN) CALLED BY THE TEHRIK-E-LABAIK PAKISTAN (TLP).
Rawalpindi/Karachi/Peshawar, Apr 13 (EFE/EPA).- Violent protests over the arrest of an Islamist leader who called for the expulsion of the French ambassador continued for the second consecutive day in Pakistan on Tuesday, with roads cut off and sporadic clashes with the police throughout the country."In all the major cities of the country protest is ongoing. We will continue to protest until Saad Rizvi is released," Ali Raza, the spokesperson of the Islamist group Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), which is organizing the protests, told EFE.The spokesperson said that since the protests began on Monday following the arrest of Rizvi, at least six of their members have died and 200 have been injured in clashes with the police. (Camera: SHAHZAIB AKBAR / SOHAIL SHAHZAD / ARSHAD ARBAB).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE GARTHER TO PROTEST OVER THE ARREST OF ISLAMIST LEADER IN THE CITIES OF RAWALPINDI, KARACHI, PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN.
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Defying a nationwide curfew in Sri Lanka, several hundred protesters continued to chant slogans against the government on Tuesday, a day after violent clashes left four dead and prompted the resignation of the prime minister, who is blamed along with his brother, the president, for leading the country into its worst economic crisis in decades. FRANCE 24's International Affairs Editor Armen Georgian tells us more.
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