Key point 1 of Pakistan coverage

The Interior Ministry counted 410,000 protesters on October 24, unions estimated about double that number, including at least 110,000 in Paris.

Key point 2 of Pakistan coverage

70,000 police and gendarmes were deployed, 10,000 more than on October 17, after admitting to underestimating the unrest.

Key point 3 of Pakistan coverage

The Louvre, Orsay, Orangerie, Jeu de Paume, Picasso Museum, and Tuileries Garden were closed as a precaution.

France: 1,314 arrests during a new day of protests against the cost of living, as the movement spreads to Italy - Pakistan Perspective

DOMINANT ANGLE

Islamabad is measuring the day of October 24 by the security device: 70,000 police officers and gendarmes, museums closed, and nighttime clashes despite the anticipation vaunted by the minister.

Dominant angle identified — does not reflect unanimity of this country’s media

KEY POINTS

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The Interior Ministry counted 410,000 protesters on October 24, unions estimated about double that number, including at least 110,000 in Paris.
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70,000 police and gendarmes were deployed, 10,000 more than on October 17, after admitting to underestimating the unrest.
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The Louvre, Orsay, Orangerie, Jeu de Paume, Picasso Museum, and Tuileries Garden were closed as a precaution.

ANALYSIS

Islamabad, October 25, 2026. The English-language Pakistani press, which reprints agency dispatches, reports on the day of Saturday, October 24, in France from the angle of the security device and its effects. Daily Times describes hundreds of thousands of protesters and "largely peaceful" processions that gave way to clashes in Paris and Marseille at nightfall, despite a massive security operation aimed at avoiding a repeat of the troubles of October 17.

The Ministry of the Interior counted 410,000 participants in the country, with unions claiming that the real figure is twice as high. The main rally was held in the southeast suburbs of Paris, with at least 110,000 people coming to denounce the rising cost of living and growing inequalities. After the end of the rally, riot police used tear gas and water cannons against a group of around 500 hooded youths on a cold and rainy evening. In Marseille, young people set fire to trash cans to block roads and threw stones and bottles; according to the police, several stores, including two jewelry stores, were looted. Clashes also erupted in Lyon, Bordeaux, Grenoble, Clermont-Ferrand, Lille, Rennes, Nantes, and Toulouse.

Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez accuses far-left militants and criminal gangs of seeking to provoke trouble: in almost every march, he says, these high-risk groups formed and detached from the procession. He judges the violence to be less intense than the previous week: "What has changed is anticipation." He also mentions far-right militants seeking confrontation with left-wing groups in Nice and Montpellier. The authorities deployed 70,000 police and gendarmes, 10,000 more than the previous week, after acknowledging that they had underestimated the extent of the October 17 troubles.

Business Recorder focuses on the effect of the device on the capital. The Louvre, the Orsay Museum, the Orangerie, the Jeu de Paume, and the Picasso Museum remained closed as a precaution, and the entire Tuileries Garden was locked down. Disappointed tourists found themselves in front of the gates; a 67-year-old Canadian visitor, Don Nowschuk, suggested that the authorities were reacting excessively. These closures followed local curfews decided after a week of violence, described as among the worst France has experienced in years, born of the cost of living and the deterioration of public services.

Neither of the two articles deals with the protests in Italy or the presidential campaign: the story remains centered on Paris, law and order, and its concrete consequences.