Pakistan's Imran Khan urges civil disobedience
Iran Press TV
Sun Aug 17, 2014 11:6PM GMT
Pakistani opposition leader Imran Khan has called on his supporters to launch a civil disobedience campaign in order to force Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif out of office.
He made the remarks in a speech to a gathering of thousands of anti-government protesters in the capital Islamabad on Sunday.
'There is only one way to get rid of this government, which is to launch a civil disobedience campaign from today,' the opposition leader said, asking the crowd not to pay taxes or utility bills.
The cricketer-turned-politician said he would give Sharif until Tuesday to either resign or face a massive workers' march on his house.
His announcement came as thousands of opposition demonstrators crowded the streets of the capital for a second day.
He accuses the government of rigging last year's election. The Pakistani premier announced on Tuesday that the Supreme Court of Pakistan would carry out an investigation into allegations of vote rigging in the general elections.
Meanwhile, during a separate demonstration on Sunday, Pakistani cleric Muhammad Tahir ul-Qadri called for a "revolution" to sweep away the government.
On Saturday, Qadri also issued a 48-hour ultimatum for the prime minister to step down and dissolve the assemblies.
On June 17, at least 10 supporters of Qadri's Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) movement were killed during skirmishes with Pakistani security forces in Lahore. A judicial commission has been established to investigate the incident.
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