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Pakistani cricket star-turned-opposition politician Imran Khan drew as many as 100,000 people to a rally in Lahore Sunday,


Pakistani cricket star-turned-opposition politician Imran Khan drew as many as 100,000 people to a rally in Lahore Sunday, where Khan lambasted the country's leading political figures as well as the United States (NYTPostAPAFPETTelDawnDT). Khan called the demonstration part of a "tsunami," and said that, "My message to America is that we will have friendship with you, but we will not accept any slavery." The turnout surprised many politicians and analysts who had previously regarded Khan, whose Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) party holds no seats in the country's parliament, as a marginal figure (ETDawnETDawnET). The rally comes after a much smaller protest Friday, when 2,000 people came out in Islamabad at Khan's urging to protest Americandrone strikes in Pakistan (AFPET). And the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), a member of the country's ruling coalition led by the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), organized a pro-government rally in Karachi Sunday (DawnDT). 


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