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Pakistan ex-PM’s party calls off rally after police crackdown

Pakistani police used water cannon and fired tear gas to disperse PTI supporters in Lahore, and arrested more than 40 people for defying the ban on holding rallies. [KM Chaudary/AP Photo]

Pakistan opposition party has called off its rally scheduled to be held in the eastern city of Lahore after dozens of its supporters were arrested for defying a government ban on public gathering.

“You all should stop this protest because I fear the government will take this as an excuse to stop the elections from going ahead,” former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s said on Wednesday referring to the elections in the northern Punjab province of which Lahore is the capital.

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