Demonstrations in Karachi: Pakistani police fired tear gas and used force

Protesters pelted police with stones and set fire to a car when police prevented them from passing

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From the demonstrations in Karachi, Photo: Beta/AP
From the demonstrations in Karachi, Photo: Beta/AP
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Pakistani police fired tear gas and used force on thousands of protesters in Karachi today after the crowd tried to break through a security barricade.

About 2.000 supporters of the far-right Islamist party Tereik-e-Labaik Pakistan (TLP) tried to counter another demonstration organized by civil society groups over the killing of a blasphemy suspect while in custody.

Protesters pelted police with stones and set fire to a car when police prevented them from passing.

The party announced that one of its members was killed in the violence. Police arrested a total of about 20 people from both demonstrations.

The TLP supports Pakistan's controversial blasphemy laws, which require the death penalty for anyone who insults Islam.

Provincial Interior Minister Zia Ul Hasan said the authorities were afraid of clashes as both political parties and civil society groups had issued calls for protests on the same day and condemned the violence.

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