Protesters in Pakistan belonging to Imran Khan's PTI political party inched towards Islamabad’s D-Chowk on Tuesday, Nov 26th, for the party’s much-touted power show, with intense tear gas shelling reported as the government reaffirmed its pledge to stop the protest.
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| snap: Dawn newspaper |
Supporters attend the rally in Islamabad demanding the release of Imran Khan,
A PTI supporter gestures after tear gas was fired by the police to disperse the crowd in Islamabad on Nov 26. — AFP/Dawn
Bushra Bibi, wife of PTI founder Imran Khan, with PTI supporters in Islamabad on Nov 26. — Reuters
On protest in Pakistan, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor says, "We all have to watch with some concern what's happening in Pakistan simply because it is a neighbouring country.
But we must remember this is an internal matter of Pakistan.
Former Balochistan caretaker information minister Jan Achakzai on Monday posted an alleged screenshot of US scholar Michael Kugelman deriding the turnout of the current PTI protest.
However, Kugelman did not make any such posts and rubbished the screenshot.
On Nov 13, PTI founder Imran Khan issued a “final call” for nationwide protests on Sunday, denouncing what he described as the stolen mandate, the unjust arrests of people and the passage of the 26th amendment, which he said strengthened a “dictatorial regime”.
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