Pakistani lawyers protests

Pakistani lawyers march during a rally calling for the reinstatement of deposed chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry in Rawalpindi. Pakistan banned protests in two provinces and arrested scores of lawyers and opposition leaders Photograph: Anjum Naveed/AP

Pakistani lawyers and political party activists shout slogans as they march during a protest rally in Lahore Photograph: Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images

A Pakistani plainclothes policeman arrests a supporter of hardline Jamaat-i-Islami, (JI) during a protest in Karachi. Pakistan police baton-charged activists and manhandled dozens into vans in Karachi Photograph: Asif Hassan/AFP/Getty Images

Pakistani lawyers and political party activists march during a protest rally in Lahore. Pakistan police baton-charged activists and manhandled dozens into vans in Karachi as thousands defied the government in a mass protest that has thrown the country into crisis Photograph: Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images

Pakistani police officers block the street as lawyers and members of the civil rights movement, march along the street during a demonstration in Lahore, Pakistan Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/AP

Pakistani anti-government lawyers shout slogans as they gather during a protest before the start of a long march in Karachi. Pakistani lawyers and activists set out on a 'long march' from Karachi to Islamabad, defying a ban on demonstrations as they try to force the government to reinstate sacked judges Photograph: Rizwan Tabassum/AFP/Getty Images

Police officers in plainclothes arrest protesters at an anti-government march in Karachi Photograph: Shakil Adil/AP

Pakistani lawyers shout slogans as they march with a placard featuring an image of former chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry during a protest rally in Lahore Photograph: Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images

Pakistani police arrest supporters of opposition political parties, as they begin a cross-country march against the government, in Karachi Photograph: Rehan Khan/EPA

Lawyers and political party activists escort Ali Ahmed Kurd, centre, president of the Pakistan supreme court bar during a protest rally in Quetta Photograph: Banaras Khan/AFP/Getty Images

Supporters of hardline Jamaat-i-Islami, (JI) make victory signs after their arrest by police officers during a protest in Karachi. Pakistan police baton-charged activists and manhandled dozens into vans in Karachi as scores defied the government to launch a mass protest that has thrown the country into crisis Photograph: Asif Hassan/AFP/Getty Images