Pakistan protests: The right-wing challenge to PM Imran Khan
By DW
24 November 2019 |
1:20 pm
Anti-government demonstrators are gathering in Islamabad to force Prime Minister Imran Khan to step down. But the Islamist leanings of protest organizers have raised concerns about the future of pro-democracy activism.
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