Supporters of religious parties have occupied a key route of Islamabad for over a week as part of a protest against the government over the change to the Khatam-e-Nabuwwat oath.

Protesters are calling for the resignation of Law Minister Zahid Hamid and action against others responsible. The government has stated that the change was a clerical error and has been rectified.

On Friday, protesters were given a final notice after defying an earlier order of the Islamabad High Court to disperse. 

 Pakistani motorcyclists pass under a truck being used to block a road amid a protest by religious group on November 16, 2017 - AFP

 

Pakistani activists shout slogans from a flyover of a blocked highway during a week-long protest in Islamabad on November 14, 2017 - AFP

 

Pakistani residents walk along a highway blocked by activists on November 13, 2017 - AFP 

A Pakistani activist reads a newspaper along a blocked highway in Islamabad on November 13, 2017 -AFP

Pakistani commuters sit in a traffic jam near a highway blocked by protesters in Islamabad on November 13, 2017 - AFP

 

Protestors gather on blocked flyover during a week long protest in Islamabad on November 13, 2017 ? AFP

A Pakistani family walks along a road blocked by protestors in Islamabad on November 13, 2017 - AFP