Demonstrators stormed Islamabad this week to demand the release of the jailed former PM
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; 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. Since then, he has faced over 150 indictments, which his party has denounced as politically motivated.
Local broadcaster Geo News cited a statement on Wednesday by the PTI announcing the “temporary suspension of our peaceful protest” due to the government’s “brutality.”
The PTI reportedly said that at least eight of its members were killed in a stand-off with law…
