In pictures: Chaos in Islamabad as police fire tear gas to dispel govt employees demanding higher wages
Thick plumes of smoke blanketed Constitution Avenue, as determined demonstrators marched on to Parliament House
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Updated Wednesday Feb 10 2021
ISLAMABAD: The capital descended into chaos on Wednesday with police arresting some government employees and forcing back others with tear gas, all of whom had gathered to demand better pay.
Thick plumes of smoke blanketed the Constitution Avenue, where the protest took place. The road contains all the landmark government buildings — the Aiwan-e-Sadr, the Prime Minister's Office, the office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the National Library of Pakistan, the Supreme Court of Pakistan, the Federal Shariat Court, Cabinet Block as well as the office of the Auditor General of Pakistan.
It also contains the Parliament House, the destination that the government employees had set out for as they marched from Pakistan Secretariat.
As the determined demonstrators, which included Lady Health Workers, continued to march and started bypassing containers, police had to resort to tear gas shelling to disperse them.
Federal government employees gather to march toward the Parliament House during a protest to demand higher wages, in Islamabad on February 10, 2021. — AFP/Aamir Qureshi
Federal government employees react as police fired teargas shells to disperse them while trying to march toward the Parliament House during a protest to demand higher wages, in Islamabad on February 10, 2021. — AFP/Aamir Qureshi Policemen fire teargas shells toward federal government employees to disperse them as they march toward the Parliament House during a protest to demand higher wages, in Islamabad on February 10, 2021. — AFP/Aamir Qureshi
Policemen arrest a federal government employee while he was marching toward the Parliament House along with others during a protest to demand higher wages, in Islamabad on February 10, 2021. — AFP/Aamir Qureshi
A closeup of a policeman firing teargas shells toward federal government employees to disperse them as they march toward the Parliament House during a protest to demand higher wages, in Islamabad on February 10, 2021. — AFP/Aamir Qureshi
Federal government employees stand in a protest to demand higher wages, in Islamabad on February 10, 2021. — AFP/Aamir Qureshi
Thick smoke blankets the entire Constitution Avenue, as police fire teargas shells to disperse demonstratirs as they march toward the Parliament House during a protest to demand higher wages, in Islamabad on February 10, 2021. — AFP/Aamir Qureshi
Federal government employees react as police fired teargas shells to disperse them as they march toward the Parliament House during a protest to demand higher wages, in Islamabad on February 10, 2021. — AFP/Aamir Qureshi
A policeman fires a teargas shell to disperse federal government workers as they try to march towards the Parliament House during a protest to demand higher wages, in Islamabad on February 10, 2021. — AFP/Aamir Qureshi
A policeman fires a teargas shell to disperse federal government workers as they try to march towards the Parliament House during a protest to demand higher wages, in Islamabad on February 10, 2021. — AFP/Aamir Qureshi
Policemen stop federal government workers as they try to march towards the Parliament House during a protest to demand higher wages, in Islamabad on February 10, 2021. — AFP/Aamir Qureshi
Federal government workers disperse as police fire teargas shells as they try march towards the Parliament House during a protest to demand higher wages, in Islamabad on February 10, 2021. — AFP/Aamir Qureshi
A policeman fires a teargas shell to disperse federal government workers as they try to march towards the Parliament House during a protest to demand higher wages, in Islamabad on February 10, 2021. — AFP/Aamir Qureshi
A federal government employee puts water on a teargas shell fired by police as they try to march towards the Parliament House during a protest to demand higher wages, in Islamabad on February 10, 2021. — AFP/Aamir Qureshi
Federal government workers pray on a street amid teargas fired by police as they march towards the Parliament House during a protest to demand higher wages, in Islamabad on February 10, 2021. — AFP/Aamir Qureshi
Header image: Federal government employees react as police fired teargas shells to disperse them while trying to march toward the Parliament House during a protest to demand higher wages, in Islamabad on February 10, 2021. — AFP/Aamir Qureshi
Updated Wednesday Feb 10 2021 
