Pakistani police fire tear gas and baton-charge supporters of ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan on May 25, 2022, to prevent them from reaching the capital, Islamabad.

As former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan led an anti-government rally to Islamabad on Wednesday to press his demand for fresh elections, police used tear gas and batons and detained hundreds of his protesters in a bid to disrupt the march.

Khan said that tens of thousands of his supporters planned to stage a sit-in protest in the national capital and stay put until the government announced a date for snap elections.

The cricketer-turned-politician was ousted following a parliamentary no-confidence vote last month, ending his nearly four-year coalition government headed by his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party. Khan's chief political rival, Shahbaz Sharif, replaced him as prime minister of a new multiparty unity government.

The government late on Wednesday authorized the deployment of troops at key installations, including parliament, the Supreme Court and the diplomatic enclave housing foreign embassies.

The announcement came shortly after Khan entered Islamabad.

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