Stampede after Pakistan rally
October 10, 2014Advertisement
At least six people died and more than 25 were injured in the city of Multan on Friday, after the cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan addressed a crowd to press his demand for the resignation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
Khan, along with the populist cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri, has staged a sit-in in the capital Islamabad since August 15. The two men claim that Sharif rigged 2013 elections, but local and foreign observers have called the polls credible.
On September 1, the opposition groups briefly occupied the state broadcaster, but the movement has since lost momentum.
mkg/jr (Reuters, AFP)