Over seventy police personnel were injured when infuriated workers of Pakistan Awami Tehreek pelted stones at policemen near airport in Islamabad on Monday. <br /> <br />On the orders of the interior ministry, the police showed restraint and did not resort to the use of force against the protesters. <br />Injured police personnel have been shifted to PIMs, Polyclinic and District Headquarters Hospital Rawalpindi. <br /> <br />Meanwhile, the Punjab government has announced a compensation of Rs 300,000 for the injured police personnel. <br /> <br />Punjab Law Minister Rana Mashood has said that workers of Pakistan Awami Tehreek have not been arrested anywhere in Punjab. <br /> <br />He said the government respects people’s right to peaceful protest. <br /> <br />Qadri's supporters, including a large number of women, managed to breach police cordons to arrive at the Islamabad airport overnight, chanting "Long live Tahir-ul-Qadri" and "revolution, revolution, Islamic revolution". <br /> <br />Surveillance helicopters flew overhead as police fired teargas at the crowd occupying the area outside the airport, an AFP reporter at the scene said. <br /> <br />Television footage showed Qadri's followers armed with sticks and bricks clashing with baton-wielding police.
