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Pakistan Braces For Day Of Protests

Pakistan's Punjab province is set for a day of protests, as opposition leader Imran khan and anti-government cleric Tahir-Ul-Qadri lead thousands of supporters in a march calling for the government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to resign.

 Marchers departed from Lahore on Thursday morning, also Pakistan’s independence day, and are travelling up the main highway to the capital Islamabad, where they plan to hold a sit-in until their demands are met.

Hundreds of Pakistan Tehreek-E-Insaf (PTI) activists gathered outside khan's Lahore residence, with hundreds more present at Qadri’s party headquarters, local television news footage showed.

The protest comes after days of escalating political tensions in Pakistan. Khan is demanding a fresh general election, alleging that Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim league-Nawaz (PML-N) party rigged the 2013 polls.

Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-E-Insaf (PTI) won 34 seats in the national assembly in that election, compared to the PML-n's 189, and the then-incumbent Pakistan people's party's 46.

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