Imran vows to lead protests until PM quits
18 Aug 2014 4:30 AM IST
Pakistan’s Imran Khan vowed on Saturday that thousands of protesters rallying in Islamabad would not move until prime minister Nawaz Sharif stepped down, as the cricketer-turned-politician attempts to topple the government he claims was elected fraudulently.
Addressing a rally after leading protesters from the eastern city of Lahore, Khan said he would stage a sit-in on Saturday afternoon that would continue until Sharif leaves office.
‘The time has arrived when the nation should decide. I will stay here until the prime minister resigns. We don’t accept a prime minister who has been appointed after rigged elections,’ Khan told
supporters in the early hours of Saturday after arriving in the capital.
The May 2013 general election saw Sharif take power in a landslide, and international observers who monitored the polls said they were free and credible.
The demonstration is the culmination of the ‘long march’ -- in reality a motorised cavalcade that set off on Thursday from Lahore, situated around 300 kilometres (190 miles) away, to try to topple the government.
Addressing a rally after leading protesters from the eastern city of Lahore, Khan said he would stage a sit-in on Saturday afternoon that would continue until Sharif leaves office.
‘The time has arrived when the nation should decide. I will stay here until the prime minister resigns. We don’t accept a prime minister who has been appointed after rigged elections,’ Khan told
supporters in the early hours of Saturday after arriving in the capital.
The May 2013 general election saw Sharif take power in a landslide, and international observers who monitored the polls said they were free and credible.
The demonstration is the culmination of the ‘long march’ -- in reality a motorised cavalcade that set off on Thursday from Lahore, situated around 300 kilometres (190 miles) away, to try to topple the government.
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