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Qadri ends Islamabad sit-in, to hold demos across country

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Press Trust of India Islamabad
Last Updated : Oct 21 2014 | 11:35 PM IST
Fiery cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri tonight ended his over two months-long anti-government protest in the Pakistani capital but said demonstrations will now be held across the country as the "next stage of the revolution".
While addressing his supporters, Qadri said the sit-in had turned into a revolution and announced that his Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) will launch countrywide protests as second phase of agitation to remove the government.
"The participants should pack their bags, return to their homes," he said.
Qadri also announced a schedule for sit-ins that will be held in other cities.
The next sit-in will be in Abbottabad on October 23 after which protests will be stopped during the month of Muharram.
Protests will then again start in Bhakkar on November 23, in Sargodha on December 5, in Sialkot on December 14 and in Karachi on December 25, he said.

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First Published: Oct 21 2014 | 11:35 PM IST

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