“Freedom does not come easily”: Pakistan’s former PM Imran Khan calls on his supporters to come out on May 14 with placards in their neighbourhoods to stage peaceful protests
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the head of a shaky coalition, on Saturday warned that those involved in"facilitating, abetting and perpetrating" the violence should be arrested within 72 hours.
Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has repeatedly vowed that police will rearrest Khan, who remains wildly popular.'Everyone knows' Independent analysts say he was brought to power with the support of the military, before falling out with the generals. Mobile data services and access to social media platforms including Facebook and YouTube, which were cut shortly after Khan's arrest on Tuesday, had been partly restored around the country.
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