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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Pakistan's ex-premier calls off planned sit-in, demands vote

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Pakistan’s ousted prime minister Imran Khan called off a planned protest march in Islamabad on Thursday, a day after major cities became battlegrounds as his supporters clashed with police.

Mr Khan instead demanded that parliament should be dissolved to hold snap elections in June, and threatened to return to the capital with three million supporters otherwise.

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