{"id":130107,"date":"2024-11-26T01:55:50","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T18:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=130107"},"modified":"2024-11-26T01:55:50","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T18:55:50","slug":"police-clash-with-ex-pms-supporters-heading-to-islamabad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=130107","title":{"rendered":"Police clash with ex-PM&#8217;s supporters heading to Islamabad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">At least one policeman has been killed and more than 50 injured, Pakistan\u2019s authorities say, as officials try to stop thousands of opposition protesters reaching Islamabad.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Scores of supporters of jailed former PM Imran Khan have been arrested and the capital is under lockdown for a second day.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Khan has been detained for more than a year on various charges, but remains hugely popular despite his legal troubles.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">His wife, Bushra Bibi, told supporters on Monday the march would continue until her husband was freed.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Roads to D Chowk &#8211; a key point in central Islamabad near government buildings, the Supreme Court and parliament &#8211; remain blocked with shipping containers to keep protesters at bay. The streets are lined with coaches that have carried police from around the country to the capital.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Paramilitaries in riot gear are lined up, water cannon ready, but on Monday the atmosphere was calm as protesters were yet to reach the city.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">As news circulated that the protesters were on the move, the police began to close more streets and move some of their officers around the city.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Some internet services have been suspended. Schools and colleges have been shut because of fears of violence.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Imran Khan\u2019s party has been protesting for months. The latest rally came after he issued a &#8220;final call&#8221; to his supporters, urging them to stay in the capital until their demands were met.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">They are also calling for the overturning of election results they say were rigged &#8211; a claim disputed by the government.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The march, which began on Sunday, has seen police using tear gas against protesters, who have responded by pelting officers with stones.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Police told the BBC on Monday that 139 people had been arrested.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Khan\u2019s wife is one of the leaders of the main convoy.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;Until Khan comes to us, we will not end this march,&#8221; Bushra Bibi told crowds as the rally neared the capital.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;I will stand till my last breath and you have to support me. This is not just about my husband but about this country and its leader,&#8221; she said.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Bushra Bibi was sentenced alongside Khan in January, but released on bail in late October.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Although Khan has now been behind bars for more than a year, he is still the dominant force of Pakistan\u2019s opposition politics.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He was voted out of power by parliament in 2022 amid reports that he had fallen out with the country&#8217;s powerful military.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He denies all the charges against him, which range from corruption to instigating violence to getting married to Bushra Bibi illegally.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">In February\u2019s general election, his party was banned from standing. Independent candidates backed by the PTI unexpectedly won the most seats \u2013 but not enough to form a government.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Khan accused the two parties now in government \u2013 the PML-N and PPP \u2013 of stealing the election. 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