Police and paramilitary forces in Pakistan have dispersed an opposition protest in the country’s capital, Dunya News television

Police and paramilitary forces in Pakistan have dispersed an opposition protest in the country’s capital, Dunya News television quoted Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi as saying. Chief Minister of the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ali Amin Gandapur and the current wife of the founder of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI, or the Movement for Justice) opposition party, Bushra Bibi, who led the protests, left the city during the police operation, Naqvi said. Last night, at least 500 opposition activists were detained as police and the Pakistan Rangers paramilitary force cleared downtown Islamabad of protesters. Video: TASS/Reuters Source: TASS Russian news agency
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