Imran Khan’s party described Tuesday’s clashes as “a massacre,” but the government denied that live ammunition was used.

Police in Pakistan clashed with thousands of Imran Khan supporters as they marched towards the capital Islamabad to demand his release, defying a lockdown and a ban on rallies. The former Pakistani prime minister has been in jail for over a year on more than 150 criminal charges.

Authorities have reopened roads linking Pakistan’s capital with the rest of the country, ending a four-day lockdown, after using tear gas and firing into the air to disperse supporters of imprisoned f