Recently ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan asked his supporters to march on Islamabad, the nation’s capital, for a sit-in on May 25 as a way to press the government to quit and call new elections.
Khan’s move is likely to fuel further political instability in a country already facing an economic crisis from rising inflation.
At a Sunday news conference in Peshawar, the former cricket star urged his backers to protest for as long as needed. Khan recently has held a series of rallies — aimed at channeling anger against the government of new Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif — drawing massive crowds across the country.
