The state has responded by blocking access to Islamabad with approximately 3,500 shipping containers and 18,000 security personnel at a cost of more than $300,000 per day. This blockade has caused cargo pile-ups at the port of Karachi and freight disruptions across northern Pakistan. Concurrently, authorities have arrested three of Khan's sisters, who have reportedly engaged in hunger strikes to protest their detention, as part of a broader crackdown on the former leader's family and political allies.
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Pakistan Police Clash With Imran Khan Protesters in Lahore on Day 6
Commodities12 days ago
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party escalated its long march toward the capital this week, with crowds of hundreds of thousands gathering in Peshawar and Kohat before police clashed with demonstrators in Lahore on Oct. 9. This violent confrontation occurred on the sixth day of a movement demanding the release of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan. Protesters have converged in caravans across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and other provinces following the collapse of negotiations with the government.
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