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Islamabad Under Security Lockdown

Source: Al Jazeera   November 26, 2024
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Pakistan's capital is sealed off. Security forces have been deployed to stop Imran Khan's supporters from marching into Islamabad.

They're demanding the former prime minister be released from jail and the government resign. Could this lead to more political instability?

Presenter: Bernard Smith

Guests: Azeema Cheema -- Political economy specialist and founding director of the Pakistani think-tank, Verso Consulting

Hassan Akbar -- Pakistan Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center. He previously worked in national security and strategic policy for the Pakistani government and the private sector

Fahd Humayun -- Visiting Scholar at the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University.

Source: Al Jazeera   November 26, 2024
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