Pakistan cleric gives government ultimatum at protest rally
- Published: 14 Jan 2013 at 15.45
- Online news: Asia
A cleric calling for revolution in Pakistan gave the government an ultimatum Tuesday to dissolve parliament and make way for a caretaker administration, whipping up a mass protest rally in Islamabad.
Pakistani religious leader Tahir-ul Qadri talks with a journalist from AFP during the protest march in Sohawa, some 80 kms from Islamabad on January 14, 2013. An influential Pakistani cleric who has drawn a crowd of tens of thousands during a two-day protest march to demand sweeping electoral reforms arrived at the venue of a rally in Islamabad early Tuesday.
Tahir-ul Qadri, 61, addressed crowds gathered on a main thoroughfare of the heavily fortified capital, following a 38-hour protest march from the eastern city of Lahore that attracted crowds of tens of thousands along the route.
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