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| Pakistan clashes after shots fired at Imran Khan | |
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| Clashes have been reported in Pakistan after shots were fired at opposition leader Imran Khan's vehicle during his protest march on the capital Islamabad. | |
| Mr Khan was not injured but violence subsequently erupted in the city of Gujranwala between demonstrators and government supporters. | |
| This protest is being seen as the strongest challenge to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif since he took office. | |
| Anti-government cleric Tahirul Qadri is also leading a convoy to the capital. | |
| In a post on its Facebook Page, Mr Khan's PTI party alleged that a group of supporters of the governing PML-N party fired at Mr Khan's convoy and pelted it with stones. | |
| The PML-N has yet to respond but the government has denounced the marches as an attempt to derail democracy. | |
| Nawaz Sharif took office last year in what was Pakistan's first peaceful democratic transfer of power from one civilian government to another. | |
| Earlier, Mr Khan addressed supporters in Gujranwala, where he paid tribute to the energy of the demonstrators. | |
| "I am going to Islamabad and I will ensure that all of us are free," he was quoted as saying by Dawn newspaper. | |
| Thousands of Mr Qadri's supporters have also been galvanised to make the journey to Islamabad. | |
| Both protest camps want the prime minister to resign, angry about the sinking economy, growing militancy, and failure to deliver core services such as a steady electricity supply. | |
| Mr Khan has also accused Mr Sharif of failing to probe fraud in last year's polls. |