IN PICS | Imran Khan Ends Azadi March After Chaos And Violence Turns Pakistan Into Battleground

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Pakistan's ousted prime minister Imran Khan waves at his party supporters during a rally in Islamabad on May 26. Pakistan called in the army on May 26 after Khan led a rally to the capital Islamabad with thousands of supporters -- in a showdown with his political rivals that saw clashes break out between protesters and police. (Image: AFP)

The supporters of Imran Khan participate in a rally in Islamabad. A defiant former prime minister marched towards Islamabad with hundreds of his supporters who were removing the barricades placed by the government to stop them, even as Pakistan's Supreme Court directed authorities to allow the protest rally in the national capital. (Image: AFP)

However, Khan has announced the end of the protest after clashes with police outside parliament. Khan has warned that they would return unless an election was called within six days. (Image: AFP)

The police fired tear gas and chased Khan's supporters who hurled stones near Punjab's capital Lahore, leaving several persons from sides injured. The clashes between the police and Khan's supporters were also reported at several places. (Image: AFP)

"No amount of state oppression and fascism by this imported govt can stop or deter our march," tweeted the 69-year-old former premier, who has been leading the march mounting on a truck. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif took to social media to oppose the protest launched by Khan to force early elections. (Image: AFP)

A crackdown started in various cities and police arrested hundreds of PTI workers and some of its leaders to stop them from joining the protest known as Azadi March. (Image: Getty)

Addressing his supporters in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Khan earlier said the "thieves and the servants of America were ruling in Islamabad". He urged his supporters to remain "peaceful", and said the march would go ahead as per plan to hold the rally at the D-Chowk in Islamabad. (Image: AFP)

According to reports, authorities had blocked major roads leading to Islamabad using dozens of shipping containers and trucks and arrested several supporters of Khan in a bid to derail the protest march. (Image: Getty)

On Wednesday at around 8 pm, some prominent PTI leaders, including Fawad Chaudhry and Shireen Mazari, urged supporters to make their way to the D-Chowk, saying that all containers and blockades on the way had been removed, Dawn reported. (Image: AFP)

The government had imposed Section 144 to ban big gatherings in Punjab's capital Lahore, the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad, and Karachi, as well as other major cities. (Image: AFP)