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Flood victims sit beside their belongings as they wait for help, along a road in Multan, Punjab province

Flood victims sit beside their belongings as they wait for help, along a road in Multan, Punjab province




Tahir ul-Qadri addressing supporters in front of Parliament House during the Revolution March in Islamabad

Tahir ul-Qadri, Sufi cleric and opposition leader of political party Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT), raises a cricket bat while addressing supporters in front of Parliament House during the Revolution March in Islamabad. Weeks of mounting anti-government protests in Pakistan had been enough to convince five of the powerful army's 11 Corps Commanders that it was time for them to step in and force embattled Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to resign.