At least eight police officers and around 50 villagers were injured on Tuesday when a demolition drive by Islamabad's Capital Development Authority (CDA) met fierce resistance in the Noorpur Shahan neighbourhood near the Bari Imam shrine. As bulldozers moved in to raze illegal structures in Noori Bagh Mohallah, a crowd of 400 to 500 residents — including women and children — confronted officials with stones, forcing a temporary halt; when riot police resumed the operation, protesters torched two CDA vehicles and gunshots were heard, with each side blaming the other for the firing. The clashes are part of a broader months-long clearance campaign in which more than 13,000 homes have already been demolished in the area, with some 15,000 structures still remaining.