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Supporters of Imran Khan start march on locked-down Islamabad

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Pakistani authorities insist marchers calling for former PM to be released from jail will not reach the capital Imran Khan ’s supporters have begun a march to Islamabad to demand his release from jail after efforts by the government to halt the protest failed.

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Both outlets frame the story as a march by Imran Khan supporters heading toward Islamabad, with Sky News and the South China Morning Post each foregrounding the capital-bound protest and Khan’s imprisonment. Sky News keeps the headline on the march itself, while South China Morning Post adds the “long march” label and, in its extract only, mentions talks to avoid the demonstration had stalled and that authorities had been preparing for possible arrivals in Islamabad.

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