ISLAMABAD: Over 70 people, along with security workforce, were wounded on Saturday come to blows in Pakistan after police and paramilitary armed forces in progress on an operation to melt away Islamist protesters who have been occupying foremost highway leading to the capital Islamabad.

Private television channels in Pakistan have also been asked over to go off air in regions around the capital as the police and paramilitary concentrated effort on Islamist protesters.

The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority ordered the deferral for violating media regulations and presenting live coverage of a security operation. State-run Pakistan Television nonstop broadcasted but aired a talk show talking about politics.

Security armed forces on Saturday fired rubber bullets to melt away an Islamist sit-in that has pushed Pakistan's capital city into anarchy in recent weeks.

The protesters have been asking the resignation of law minister Zahid Hamid for the changes made about Khatm-i-Nabuwwat or decisiveness of prophet hood promise in the Elections Act 2017 passed in September.

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As per a security official Report, more than 8,000 security personnel took part in the operation in opposition to around 2,000 protesters.

The operation was still going on and police were facing rigid confrontation from the protesters.