The Pakistani government has called on the army to contain the situation, as the violence erupted in the fight against Islamists in Pakistan's capital Islamabad.
More than 200 people have been injured in the confrontation between Islamists and security forces who have fought the main highway.
There have been reports that many have died.
Law Minister Jahid Hamid, who has been accused of religious blasphemy, has been fighting for several weeks to dismiss the minister. The fighters broke into the house of the minister in the province of Punjab. Hamid and his family are not at home.
Struggles have spread in other cities, including Lahore and South Karachi.
On Saturday evening, the Pakistani government asked the army to establish a military base in Islamabad.
The Home Minister has said that the army has been ordered on the basis of demands of District Officers unable to disperse the protesters.
The Interior Ministry spokesman told the BBC that the government had called the army under the Constitution 245 to ensure security in the city of Islamabad.
There was no immediate response from the Pakistani military.
On Saturday, security forces used rubber bullets and tear gas bullets to disperse the protesters.
Over 8,500 security personnel were deployed to disperse protesters in Faizabad's heart. This action was stopped later.
Protesters claim that their four activists were killed. But no deaths were reported, the Reuters news agency reported.
In other reports, however, officials have confirmed that many have been killed. Most of the wounded were the security forces.The protest was instituted against the amendment of the Land Reform Act, 2017, for 20 days.
Protestants blame Mohammed Nambiyi as the last messenger of God in a pledge to make a parliamentary vote by the law.
The removal of this verse was criticized as an Islamic denial and religious blasphemy. The Islamist organization Tehriq-i-libaq al-Rasul al-Ashfaf Jalai and Sunni Tehreek have been demanding the dismissal of law minister Zahid Hamid.
Although the government has made it clear that this error has been corrected as soon as it came to attention, hardliners do not agree.
More than 200 people have been injured in the confrontation between Islamists and security forces who have fought the main highway.
There have been reports that many have died.
Law Minister Jahid Hamid, who has been accused of religious blasphemy, has been fighting for several weeks to dismiss the minister. The fighters broke into the house of the minister in the province of Punjab. Hamid and his family are not at home.
Struggles have spread in other cities, including Lahore and South Karachi.
On Saturday evening, the Pakistani government asked the army to establish a military base in Islamabad.
The Home Minister has said that the army has been ordered on the basis of demands of District Officers unable to disperse the protesters.
The Interior Ministry spokesman told the BBC that the government had called the army under the Constitution 245 to ensure security in the city of Islamabad.
There was no immediate response from the Pakistani military.
On Saturday, security forces used rubber bullets and tear gas bullets to disperse the protesters.
Over 8,500 security personnel were deployed to disperse protesters in Faizabad's heart. This action was stopped later.
Protesters claim that their four activists were killed. But no deaths were reported, the Reuters news agency reported.
In other reports, however, officials have confirmed that many have been killed. Most of the wounded were the security forces.The protest was instituted against the amendment of the Land Reform Act, 2017, for 20 days.
Protestants blame Mohammed Nambiyi as the last messenger of God in a pledge to make a parliamentary vote by the law.
The removal of this verse was criticized as an Islamic denial and religious blasphemy. The Islamist organization Tehriq-i-libaq al-Rasul al-Ashfaf Jalai and Sunni Tehreek have been demanding the dismissal of law minister Zahid Hamid.
Although the government has made it clear that this error has been corrected as soon as it came to attention, hardliners do not agree.
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