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Februar 8, 2024, the day the people of Pakistan voted in defiance for Imran Khan, for PTI, and for hope!
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The temperature may be low, but the passion is high in a frigid Times Square, where overseas Pakistanis are making themselves heard.
The story of Imran Khan's fight for Pakistan's democracy, sovereignty, and fundamental rights is being told on the streets of New York City.
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He said everyone who believes in democracy and human rights must raise their voices in support of Imran Khan's fight to restore democracy in Pakistan.
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Long Live, Imran Khan!
Congressman Chuy Garcia (D-IL) joined the Pakistani-American community in Chicago as they gathered to mark the second anniversary of Pakistan's stolen February 2024 election.
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Whenever Imran Khan calls, Pakistanis show up! In Times Square, New York, despite the freezing cold weather, families turned up to raise their voices for Imran Khan.
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were installed into illegitimate government.
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PTI flags in Dallas, TX, as members of the diaspora gathered to mark two years since Pakistan’s February 8th 2024 elections were stolen by a military dictator, General Asim Munir, and his proxies, the Sharif-Zardari partnership,
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In 14°F (-10°C) temperatures, a group of Imran Khan's supporters are gathered in Times Square to call for the restoration of democracy and the return of the people's stolen mandate.
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It is widely accepted that PMLN lost the February 8th elections. Not just the party, but its leader Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz Sharif both lost from their own constituencies. The people's mandate was stolen!
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British Pakistanis gathered at 10 Downing Street to remind the world that Pakistan's 250 million people deserve democracy and representative leadership, not corrupt, dynastic cults that are merely proxies of a military dictator.
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…and the release of Imran Khan from arbitrary and politically motivated detention.
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Overseas Pakistanis protested in Vienna, Austria, one of several global locations where similar demonstrations are taking place to mark the second anniversary of Pakistan's stolen election. Demonstrators are demanding the restoration of democracy, the end to martial law,
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Torches are being lit across Pakistan, including this one in Lahore, as peaceful protest rallies are taking place after a successful nationwide shutdown strike, marking the second anniversary of Pakistan's stolen election.
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Shops closed and the streets choked as thousands in Dera Ismail Khan marched against the theft of Imran Khan and PTI’s mandate.
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Overwhelming response from Sindh to the nationwide shutdown strike! Shops, businesses, restaurants, and transportation remained largely closed as people registered their protest against #AsimLaw where their votes are meaningless and their rights are trampled.
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This is Azad Kashmir.
Kashmiris shut down their businesses and marched through the streets today, demanding the release of Pakistan’s legitimate Prime Minister and Kashmir’s ambassador, Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi.
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Scenes from Brussels earlier on Sunday morning, where overseas Pakistanis from all over Europe gathered to raise awareness about the military dictatorship in Pakistan that stole the people's mandate and is holding the country's most popular leader Imran Khan in prison.
08.02.2026 16:32 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Scenes from London, where British-Pakistanis have gathered in solidarity with protesters in Pakistan for the #February8thShutterDown call and to demand the release of Imran Khan!
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…#February8thShutterDown call against the theft of their mandate.
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One of Lahore’s largest cloth markets, where locals say there’s normally no place to walk on Sundays, was completely shut down today. Business owners staged an unprecedented protest, sacrificing sales on the busiest day responding to the nationwide..
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Shops band. Transport band. Sab band.
Punjab responded today to the #February8thShutterDown call.
Our faith and our history teach us that those who struggle and strive for justice will ultimately prevail over tyranny.
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The illegitimate #Form47 government imposed upon Pakistanis against their democratic mandate is not just incompetent but also callous and cruel.
The nationwide #February8thShutterDown strike on Sunday will the people’s response to these heartless rulers.
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Despite the bitterly cold temperatures, Pakistani-American families gathered outside the Pakistan Embassy for a protest to mark two years since the stolen election.
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Economic mismanagement, figure fudging, and a mirage of "progress". Former Opposition Leader Omar Ayub Khan explained how a stable and growing economy was destroyed by the incompetent characters installed after regime change.
08.02.2026 01:16 — 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0Shutdown Matlab Shutdown!
For Imran Khan
For Democracy
For the Constitution
For Fundamental Rights
A complete, nationwide shutdown strike! JUST STAY HOME.
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“It is time for you to stand up for your children and make the shutter-down strike a success tomorrow, sending a message that this system of oppression cannot continue.”
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Salar Kakar Khan urges Pakistanis to show the world that they want a return to their integrity, their right to self determination, that they want to see the future of their children in safe hands.
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Along with marking the day as a black day against the theft of the people’s mandate, it will also be observed as a day of mourning for the victims of the Islamabad Imambargah attack, said the spokesperson of #TTAP, Yousafzai Husain.
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All party workers from Sindh must be released immediately!
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