Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) called off its Islamabad protest after a police crackdown dispersed demonstrators from the Red Zone. Party leaders, including Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister and Imran Khan's wife,

Pakistan's security forces launched a sweeping midnight raid on supporters of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan who had stormed the capital demanding his release on Tuesday, local media said, with hundreds arrested amidst chaotic scenes.

Supporters of imprisoned Pakistani former premier Imran Khan have breached a lockdown in the capital Islamabad to demand his release.