Pakistan's Political Turmoil: Can Imran Khan's PTI Party Depose the Government?

2014-08-19 1

Former cricket star-turned-politician Imran Khan has called for civil disobedience, gathering thousands of supporters in protest at what he calls Pakistan's fraudulent government. He claims that Prime Minister Nawaz Sherif was voted in by a rigged election in 2013. Khan has called on his supporters to march on Islamabad's Red Zone - the heavily guarded heart of the government. What does this mean for Pakistan's political landscape?



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