Supporters of imprisoned former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan announced a “temporary suspension” of street protests in Pakistan’s capital on Wednesday after a midnight raid by the country’s security forces, according to media reports.
The protest was called by Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, and thousands of his supporters marched on Islamabad starting on Sunday to demand his release.
Khan, 71, who is currently imprisoned on corruption charges, was ousted in April 2022. He has since faced more than 150 indictments, which his party has denounced as politically motivated.
Khan, who is currently detained in the Adiala jail in Rawalpindi, was initially charged under anti-terrorism laws, then on corruption charges, then for improperly receiving gifts from foreign countries, then for revealing state secrets, and finally for violating Islamic law with his marriage.
The former prime minister had accused the Pakistani military and the United States of plotting his ouster, claiming that Washington had conspired to overthrow his government after he visited Russia.
The PTI, which claims to have won the popular vote in the February election but maintains that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and the military rigged the count to stay in power, reportedly stated on Wednesday that it would soon announce its future course of action.
The Pakistan junta is scared of what Trump may do.
After the Islamabad massacre where over 100 peaceful protesters were shot, they're washing the streets and stealing the bodies to conceal the numbers and evidence.
And love for the Pakistan army is replaced by hate.
Free Imran Khan, the overwhelmingly elected prime minister by the people of Pakistan!
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