Uneasy sense of calm in Pakistani capital Islamabad after Imran Khan supporters end protest
Roads leading to the Pakistani capital Islamabad have reopened, after supporters of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan called off their protest. But, with their demands still unmet and authorities showing no sign of compromise, it's a sense of uneasy calm. Supporters of the PTI said they decided to call off the sit-in to avoid a "massacre" or "the government's brutality and plan to turn the capital into a slaughterhouse for unarmed citizens". Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif labelled the protests a form of extremism, but his government has come under severe criticism for deploying heavy-handed measures to quash PTI rallies. Hira Mustafa reports.
Roads leading to the Pakistani capital Islamabad have reopened, after supporters of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan called off their protest. But, with their demands still unmet and authorities showing no sign of compromise, it's a sense of uneasy calm. Supporters of the PTI said they decided to call off the sit-in to avoid a "massacre" or "the government's brutality and plan to turn the capital into a slaughterhouse for unarmed citizens". Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif labelled the protests a form of extremism, but his government has come under severe criticism for deploying heavy-handed measures to quash PTI rallies. Hira Mustafa reports.