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Islamabad under siege
Islamabad under siege, Over 25,000 supporters of opposition leader Imran Khan and cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri vowing not to back down till Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif resigns and dissolves Parliament and provincial assemblies, poured into the streets of Pakistan\'s capital, posing the biggest challenge to the 15-month-old civilian government.
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Islamabad: Over 25,000 supporters of opposition leader Imran Khan and cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri vowing not to back down till Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif resigns and dissolves Parliament and provincial assemblies, poured into the streets of Pakistan's capital, posing the biggest challenge to the 15-month-old civilian government.
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Unfazed by the country's apex court's order against any unconstitutional step to topple the government, the two opposition groups held separate sit-ins, demanding Sharif's resignation and fresh polls alleging rigging during the last year's elections. Khan, who had left the protest venue to rest at his house in Bani Gala area of Islamabad, came out later to join his supporters waiting for hours at the protest venue. "I am going to the venue and will not come back till Sharif resigns," Khan, who heads the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) told reporters. Earlier, addressing thousands of supporters who were part of his 'Azadi March' from Lahore that finally reached the capital at 4 am after starting off on Thursday, Khan announced to stage a sit-in in the capital from 3 pm on Saturday till Sharif resigns.
"I am not derailing democracy because there is no democracy in the country. We will not go away till Nawaz Sharif resigns," Khan told his supporters. As Khan spoke, senior party leaders and workers chanted the slogan of "Go Nawaz Go". Meanwhile, thousands of supporters of Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) camping in an adjacent street was addressed by the Canada-based cleric, who demanded the arrest of Sharif and Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif over the killing of 14 of his supporters in a clash with police.
Murder charge against Sharif
The Lahore Sessions Court on Saturday ordered framing of murder charges against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, his brother and Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz and 19 others over the June violence near Canada-based cleric Tahirul Qadri's headquarters here that killed 14 of his supporters.
