Frantic escape by party leaders during a security crackdown could hurt the PTI. But the government faces questions too.

PM also constitutes Federal Riot-Control Force, Federal Forensic Lab; PTI shares names of 12 confirmed dead protesters as per its data.

Life in Islamabad began to return to normal on Wednesday after a grand operation to disperse Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) protesters was completed,

A massive convoy of supporters of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party converged in Islamabad on Monday night

A charred lorry, empty tear gas shells and posters of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan - it was all that remained of a massive protest led by Khan’s wife, Bushra Bibi, that had sent the entire capital into lockdown.

The charges stem from violent protests across the country in which supporters of Khan took to the streets to demand his release.

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

A midnight crackdown by the security personnel forced the supporters of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan to evacuate the D-Chowk and its adjacent main business district of the capital ending their protest.