Two pigs trotted into the station in Moro, forcing police to evacuate before they could mount a counterattack.

Rizvi's party, Tehreek-e-Labiak, holds only two seats in parliament, but his movement has repeatedly pressed its cause by staging large-scale demonstrations.

The demonstrations, which followed anti-France protests across the Muslim world last week, came after President Macron's interview late Saturday in which he said that he understood the shock Muslims felt at caricatures depicting the Prophet Muhammad.

A powerful bomb blast ripped through an Islamic seminary on the outskirts of the northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday morning.

Local administrator Miraj Alam said the bodies were being transferred to the district hospital, and that the Jaglot-Skardu road in the Tangos area where the landslide took place was being cleared.

Martin Bauer, a spokesman for Four Paws, said the elephant has been finally given medical approval to travel, most likely to Cambodia, where he will find companionship and better conditions.

About 76 cm of rain have fallen in Karachi since Sunday, when monsoon rains began lashing the city, forcing authorities to use boats to evacuate people trapped in flooded streets.

Most of the deaths were caused by collapsing roofs and walls, according to the emergency services spokesman.

In Pakistan and neighbouring India, deadly floods occur regularly during the monsoon season.

After Bibi's acquittal, thousands of Islamic extremists took to the streets in protest, threatening to kill her. Bibi was placed in protective custody until Canada offered help.