Protests grow in Pakistan as the people want Imran Khan to resign
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Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan faces the first major challenge to his leadership this week as a grey-bearded, orange-turbaned rival he calls “Maulana Diesel” marches to Islamabad with thousands of supporters hoping to bring down the government. Tens of thousands of Islamists at a massive protest camp in Pakistan’s capital awaited a Sunday deadline set by their leader calling for the prime minister to resign. Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman threatened to shut down the entire country, on Sunday. The JUI-F chief was speaking to the crowd of Azadi March protesters at the H-9 venue when he said…
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