Imran Khan Calls Off Protest March With Warning; How Street Protests Strike Political Change In Pakistan?
A protest march was carried out in support of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan and was later called off followed by clashes with police. Supporters and workers of Khan's political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) entered the Red Zone, where important government buildings including the Parliament, and Supreme Court are situated, in Islamabad on May 26 and later was stopped by the Pakistan Rangers and other law enforcers. The demand for the party was to hold elections to democratically elect a Prime Minister, unlike how Shehbaz Sharif, brother of the former PM Nawaz Sharif, took charge of the government. Khan has threatened to return with the entire nation if elections were not held within the next six days. Imran Khan has been putting pressure on the Sharif regime s...
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