AT LEAST three people were killed in clashes between Pakistani police and supporters of a rights group advocating for the Pashtun ethnic minority today.

Protesters were angered by a government ban imposed on the Pashtun Protection Movement, claiming that it supports the Pakistani Taliban.

Officers fired tear gas and swung batons to disperse hundreds of protesters who had gathered in the town of Jamrud, near the city of Peshawar, to denounce the ban.