Protesters in Pakistan Demand Release of Jailed Ex-PM Imran Khan

Thousands of protesters took to the streets in Pakistan to demand the release of the jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan.

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00:00Thousands of supporters of jailed former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and his PTI party

00:05have taken to the streets to demand his release.

00:22Khan was jailed last year on what many supporters believe were trumped-up charges spurred by

00:27powerful military generals.

00:29Protests against his arrest last May turned violent, resulting in at least 12 deaths and

00:33thousands of arrests.

00:35In February, PTI-backed parliamentarians won the most seats, but not a majority, leaving

00:40them unable to form a government in an election that they say was rigged.