A curfew was in place in the city of Rawalpindi after a clash between two groups in relation to the harassment of an Ashura procession in Rawalpindi's Raja Bazar area killed eight people. Over 40 people were also reported wounded in the clash. Incidents of arson were also reported during the time of the clash in which shops in a cloth market in the city’s Raja Bazar and a seminary were set alight. Authorities also decided that mobile phone services would remain suspended in the city until Sunday afternoon.

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