Imran Khan claims victory in anti-graft campaign against Pakistan’s PM
Islamabad — Pakistan’s opposition on Tuesday called off a planned "lockdown" of the capital after the country’s top court opened the way for an investigation of corruption claims against the prime minister’s family. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been under growing pressure from opposition parties, mainly Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), which vowed a million supporters would shut down Islamabad on Wednesday as part of the campaign to oust the government. Police repeatedly clashed with protesters in recent days, detaining more than 1,000 PTI supporters across the country since last week after a ban on all public gatherings in Islamabad, which a court lifted partly. On Tuesday, Pakistan’s supreme court began hearing a case on the Panama Papers Leaks and offered to form a commission to investigate revelations that Sharif’s children had offshore accounts. Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, one of a bench of five hearing the case, said: "We are determined to resolve this issue. We w...
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