Gunmen killed eight people in an attack on a Pakistani army camp near a city where thousands of hardline Islamists stopped on their way to the capital to protest against the decision to reopen the Nato supply line to Afghanistan, police said.

Gunmen killed seven people today at a Pakistani army camp in a city where thousands of hardline Islamists spent the night on their way to the capital to protest over the government’s recent decision to reopen the Nato supply line to Afghanistan, security officials said.