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Diaa Hadid

Police try to stop International Women's Day protests in Pakistan. Protesters persist

Policemen try to stop activists during a rally to mark International Women's Day in Islamabad on March 8 — and demand equal rights for women in Pakistan. Thousands of women took part in rallies across the country despite efforts by authorities in several cities to block the marches. (Aamir Qureshi/ AFP via Getty Images)

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – The police did their best to keep women from demonstrating on International Women's Day.

They used shipping containers to cordon off the road leading to the meet-up point for the demonstrators in Islamabad. Then they created another smaller cordon around the field where the protesters intended to gather.

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