Pakistan anti- desecration protests: ‘Militant religious groups approach India’, allegateInterior Minister Ahsan Iqbal
Pakistan anti- desecration protests: ‘Militant religious groups approach India’, allegateInterior Minister Ahsan Iqbal
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Pakistan’s Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal has allegate that hardline religious groups protesting in Islamabad had apport India. 
According to a report in Dawn, Iqbal says that protesting people are not ‘ordinary citizens’ and that the government was thoroughly inspecting the matter.
“They are not your ordinary citizens. We can see that they have various resources at their disposal. They have burned tear gas shells at security forces, they also cut the fiber optic cables of cameras that were monitoring their protest,” Dawn quoted Iqbal as saying.

"Why they did it, we are looking into it. They have inside information and resources that are being used against the state," he further said.
The Minister further said that government was clearing the sit-in as part of its legal obligations after the Islamabad High Court ordered to eject protesters.

"We have made all peaceful efforts, but we are forced to act as the group has not budged. These people do not know those anti-Pakistan elements are using this to spread malice against Pakistan," he further said.
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After a police operation fails to end protest on the streets of Islamabad and nearby areas, the government has deployed an army unit to deal with the condition. In yesterday’s crackdown, at least 10 people were killed and more than 250 were injured.After hours of clashes that spread to other cities, police ended the crackdown.The protests erupted after the Pakistani Parliament approved on October 2 an amendment to the electoral law eliminating an oath public servants had to take before assuming office, and in which they expressed their belief in Mohammed as the last prophet of Islam.
Following massive protests by hardline Islamists, Parliament reinstated the article three days later and Hamid issued a video to pacify the protesters. 

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