10/06/2022
The 2022 Pakistani Long march (or Haqiqi Azadi March; 'The Complete Freedom march') was a protest march initiated by the ousted former Pakistani prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party chairman Imran Khan against the government of his successor, Prime Minister Shebaz Sharif. On 24 May 2022, Khan announced a long march towards Islamabad starting on 25 May 2022.
Imran Khan asked people to reach the Srinagar Highway in Islamabad to support his demands for early elections. His workers would stay in Islamabad as required, for their only demand would be to give a date for a clean and transparent general elections and to dissolve assemblies. Addressing the bureaucracy and the police, Khan said it would be illegal for them to take any action against the "peaceful protest". Addressing the Pakistan Army, he said "if you are neutral then be neutral too "It was expected that the protest would involve around 2 million workers marching to Islamabad and that they would remain there until the election is declared. The protesters, led by Imran Khan, aim to hold a sit-in at D-Chowk in Islamabad until the date for the dissolution of assemblies and a date for new general elections is announced. Imran Khan gave a six-day ultimatum to the government to declare elections and dissolve assemblies.
