26 August 2019 APAC Alert- Pakistan: Violent protests in Karachi
Police resorted to teargas shelling and a baton charge as protesters set vehicles on fire and blocked Superhighway to protest an anti-encroachment drive in Karachi’s Ahsanabad area yesterday. The anti-encroachment drive was being carried out under directions of the apex court. As the authorities tried to remove encroachments from parks and other public amenity plots, […]