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Violent protests over arrest of Islamist leader continue for second day in Pakistan

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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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