Pakistan calls in reinforcement amid clashes

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Overnight clashes

Scores of protesters, including women, carrying hammers and iron rods broke down a fence outside the parliament building late on Saturday, enabling hundreds of people to enter the lawns and parking area, according to an AP photographer at the scene.

Islamabad police chief Khalid Khattak told the AP that the protesters were armed with large hammers, wire cutters, axes and even a crane.

More than 300 people, including women, children and police officers, were admitted to two government hospitals in the Pakistani capital, medics and police said. The injured had wounds from tear gas shells, batons and rubber bullets, said Dr Javed Akram, who heads the capital's main hospital.

Opposition groups, who claim the last year's general election which swept Sharif to power was rigged, attempted to storm the prime minister's offical residence on Saturday night, using cranes to remove barricades.

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