Political crisis in Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif on Long March

Political crisis in Pakistan deepar as Former Pakistan President Nawaz Sharif, joined by tens of thousands of supporters in Lahore, was headed towards Islamabad for a mass sit-in front of Parliament on Monday amid reports that IGP of Punjab province's police and other senior officials had resigned and joined his 'long march' for restoration of the Constitution. The Punjab Deputy Attorney General was also reported to have resigned. As Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani met Army Chief General Ashfaq Gilani to discuss the escalating situation, the protests by lawyers and PML-N supporters for restoration of judges sacked in 2007 by the then President Pervez Musharraf gathered steam and threatened to spiral out of control after Sharif defied the house arrest.

Emerging from his Model Town residence, Sharif who his party supporters said was ordered to be placed under house arrest for three days along with his brother Shabaz Sharif urged people to defy restrictions and join the 'long march'. "Brothers, do not be scared or worried. These obstacles are temporary. We must remove them and only then can we reach our destination," he said.