Police officials involved in baton-charging Islamabad Aurat March have been suspended: Sanaullah.

ISLAMABAD -- Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said on Wednesday that police personnel involved in baton-charging the participants of Aurat March - a public demonstration held annually in various cities to mark International Women's Day - in Islamabad had been suspended.

In a tweet, the minister said 'other persons responsible for misbehaviour' were also being identified and proper action would also be taken against them.

In an earlier tweet, the interior minister had vowed that 'strict legal action' would be pursued against those responsible for the 'mistreatment' of citizens participating in the march

Sanaullah said he had taken strict notice of the behaviour meted out to the participants of the march...