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| Imran Khan's MPs set to resign Pakistan assembly seats | Imran Khan's MPs set to resign Pakistan assembly seats |
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| Imran Khan's opposition party in Pakistan says it has decided to resign all its seats in the national assembly. | Imran Khan's opposition party in Pakistan says it has decided to resign all its seats in the national assembly. |
| A senior member of party said they were trying to force Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to step down. | A senior member of party said they were trying to force Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to step down. |
| The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI) party has 34 of the national assembly's 342 seats, making it the second biggest opposition group. | The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI) party has 34 of the national assembly's 342 seats, making it the second biggest opposition group. |
| Mr Khan has called for the PM to step down, alleging vote rigging in the 2013 election that he won by a landslide. | Mr Khan has called for the PM to step down, alleging vote rigging in the 2013 election that he won by a landslide. |
| Shah Mehmud Qureshi, a senior PTI leader, said the party would also withdraw from three out of four provincial assemblies in Pakistan. | |
| The fourth province, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, is under PTI control and officials there will not resign, he said. | The fourth province, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, is under PTI control and officials there will not resign, he said. |
| The MPs' resignations must be submitted to the national assembly speaker but correspondents said this would not happen on Monday as parliament had adjourned for the day. | |
| Mr Khan, a former captain of Pakistan's cricket team, has been demonstrating along with thousands of his supporters in the capital Islamabad since Friday to demand fresh elections. | |
| But the BBC's Ilyas Khan says Mr Sharif's government is likely to ignore calls for a re-election. | But the BBC's Ilyas Khan says Mr Sharif's government is likely to ignore calls for a re-election. |
| Mr Khan's rally took place at the same time as a similar demonstration by anti-government cleric Tahirul Qadri, who told crowds that the protests must continue until they bring a "peaceful revolution". | |
| Mr Sharif's victory was the first democratic transfer of power in Pakistan, which has a long history of coups. | Mr Sharif's victory was the first democratic transfer of power in Pakistan, which has a long history of coups. |
| Critics say Mr Qadri has close ties to Pakistan's armed forces, but he told the BBC on Monday that he has "never been in contact with the military establishment." | |
| Supporters of Mr Khan and Mr Qadri are angry about Pakistan's poorly performing economy, growing militancy, and the government's failure to deliver services such as a steady electricity supply. | |
| But other opposition figures have criticised the demonstrations and Mr Khan's call for people to stop paying tax bills in protest at the government. | |
| Former president Asif Ali Zardari, co-chairman of the Pakistan People's Party, the largest opposition party, said such "unconstitutional means" would not help the cause. | |
| "Democracy will not be served by calls for civil disobedience nor by a stubborn refusal by any side to engage in a meaningful dialogue on political issues," Mr Zardari said in a statement. |