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Pakistan's ex-premier calls off planned sit-in, demands vote

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Imran Khan cancels a planned, open-ended sit-in in Islamabad on Thursday. He led thousands on a march toward Parliament demanding the government's resignation. Khan's followers began converging on the capital on Wednesday, with some 10,000 reaching the city centre. Hundreds of his supporters who reached the area clashed with police.

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Pakistan's ex-premier calls off planned sit-in, demands vote

Pakistan's defiant former Prime Minister Imran Khan cancelled a planned, open-ended sit-in in Islamabad on Thursday, temporarily assuaging fears of protracted civil conflict after he led thousands on a march toward Parliament demanding the government's resignation.

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Pakistan's ex-premier calls off planned sit-in, demands vote

Pakistan’s defiant former Prime Minister Imran Khan has called off a planned, open-ended sit-in in Islamabad

2 years ago·United States

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Arab News

Normalcy returns to Pakistani capital as ex-PM Khan calls off protest

ISLAMABAD: Normalcy resumed in the Pakistani capital Islamabad on Thursday after Imran Khan, the ousted former prime minister, called off a protest march, giving the government six days to dissolve assemblies and announce fresh elections. On Thursday morning, thousands of supporters of Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party who had gathered at D-Chowk in front of Parliament from different parts of the country, especially the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa an…

2 years ago·Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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Unrest in Pakistan's Capital as Khan Supporters March

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani police have fired tear gas and scuffled with stone-throwing supporters of ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan ahead of planned marches toward central Islamabad. The defiant former premier had called followers to rally outside Parliament to bring down the government and force early elections.The marches have raised fears of major violence between supporters of Khan — now Pakistan’s top opposition leader — and security forc…

2 years ago·United States

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