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Pro-Imran Khan March Starts in Pakistan's Northwest
More than 5,000 supporters are traveling in convoy after talks with the government collapsed, while authorities block access routes with containers.
- On Sunday, more than 5,000 supporters of imprisoned former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan began a multi-day march from Lakki Marwat toward Islamabad, demanding his release after government talks failed.
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi is leading the convoy toward Islamabad after negotiations between the federal government and Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party ended in a deadlock.
- Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi warned that organizers would be held accountable for potential violence as authorities imposed Section 144 and blocked routes into Islamabad with shipping containers.
- The PTI claims approximately 2,000 workers have been arrested amid the standoff, while Khan remains imprisoned at Rawalpindi's Adiala Jail facing more than 100 cases his party maintains are politically motivated.
- This showdown risks deepening Pakistan's political instability amid a surge in militant attacks by the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, while concerns over the 73-year-old Khan's health remain central to the dispute.
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Ex-PM Imran Khan's Supporters Start March In Pakistan
Many of the demonstrators carried red and green flags of the opposition party, and a huge billboard affixed on the side of a truck read "release Imran Khan" and featured a picture of the beaming former prime minister with his hand held aloft.
·New Delhi, India
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In Pakistan, thousands of supporters of the imprisoned former Prime Minister Khan have set out for a protest march to the capital Islamabad.
·Germany
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Thousands of Imran Khan supporters start march to Pakistani capital, party says
ISLAMABAD, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Thousands of supporters of Pakistan's jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan have started a long march to Islamabad to demand his release, his party said on Monday, amid deep divisions with the Pakistani leadership. The ra...
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