Pakistan's law minister Zahid Hamid yesterday quit, as the government "surrendered" to hardline religious groups, who called off their protests in Islamabad that had left six people dead and hundreds injured. The protesters had demanded his removal for changes in a law related to the Khatm-i-Nabuwwat (finality of prophethood) oath in the Elections Act 2017. The sit-in had paralysed the national capital for three weeks.

A Pakistani woman walks past a burnt vehicle near the site of a protest in Rawalpindi. Pic/AFP