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.