Opposition gathering in Islamabad for anti-govt protest
ABC News
Supporters of Pakistan’s key opposition party are gathering in the capital, Islamabad, for a major anti-government rally to demand Prime Minister Imran Khan step down over his alleged failure to improve the country’s economy
ISLAMABAD -- Supporters of Pakistan’s key opposition party are gathering in the capital, Islamabad, for a major anti-government rally to demand Prime Minister Imran Khan step down over his alleged failure to improve the country’s economy.
The protesters assembled in the eastern city of Lahore on Sunday and took to the road. On Tuesday they set out around noon in hundreds of cars, trucks and buses from Rawat, a town in Punjab province, reaching the outskirts of the capital hours later.
The convoy halted along the road, waiting for convoys from elsewhere in Pakistan to join them, before entering Islamabad in the evening.
The rally, which the opposition has been preparing for since late February in southern Sindh province, is expected to take place near the parliament building later on Tuesday night.
