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Opposition Gives Pakistani PM 2 Days to Resign

Ayesha Tanzeem

   ISLAMABAD - Backed by tens of thousands of protesters, Pakistan's
   opposition parties Friday demanded the country's prime minister resign
   within two days.

   Demonstrators in Islamabad accused Prime Minister Imran Khan of
   destroying Pakistan's economy and stealing the last election with the
   help of the military.

   "Poor mothers are forced to sell their children for money. Young men
   are committing suicide. ... Can we leave the people at the mercy of
   this incompetent government?" said Maulana Fazlur Rehman, a cleric and
   leader of the Islamist political party Jamiat e Ulema e Islam Fazl
   (JUI-F) leading the protest.

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