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Protest planned for Pakistan capital’s ‘Red Zone’

By ASIF SHAHZADZARAR KHAN
Published August 18, 2014 6:40pm ET
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Protest planned for Pakistan capital’s ‘Red Zone’
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistan opposition politician announced Monday he will lead thousands of protesters into the capital’s high-security “Red Zone” as his 48-hour deadline for the government to step down ends, heightening the danger of a violent confrontation. Imran Khan, a former cricket legend who heads parliament’s third-largest political bloc, made the announcement at […]

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistan opposition politician announced Monday he will lead thousands of protesters into the capital’s high-security “Red Zone” as his 48-hour deadline for the government to step down ends, heightening the danger of a violent confrontation.

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