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19-11-2007, 05:56 PM
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,70131-1293379,00.html
Pakistani cricket hero and opposition politician Imran Khan has gone on hunger strike, it has been reported.http://static.sky.com/images/pictures/1606988.jpg
Imran Khan
Mr Khan, a vocal critic of Gen Musharraf, was arrested last week while attending a rally in Lahore.
He had been originally detained under house arrest shortly after Pakistan's President General Pervez Musharraf declared emergency rule.
Jemima Khan said her ex-husband had decided to stop eating or drinking until the Supreme Court justices and other judges from lower courts were given their jobs back.
Mr Khan's spokesman Hafeezullah Khan Niazi said the ex-cricketer was "committed".
"I met him in jail today and he said he is going on hunger strike because there is no other way to protest," Mr Niazi said.
"He looked very committed and vowed that he'll go on with the hunger strike until his demand is met."
Ms Khan headed a protest on Sunday outside Pakistan's High Commission in London.
They were protesting against the state of emergency established in the country by General Musharraf since November 3.
About 150 demonstrators called for the release of all political prisoners.
Ms Khan, 33, who helped set up the Free Pakistan movement with the help of lawyers, journalists, doctors and other professionals, attended the demonstration with the youngest of her two sons.
Pakistani cricket hero and opposition politician Imran Khan has gone on hunger strike, it has been reported.http://static.sky.com/images/pictures/1606988.jpg
Imran Khan
Mr Khan, a vocal critic of Gen Musharraf, was arrested last week while attending a rally in Lahore.
He had been originally detained under house arrest shortly after Pakistan's President General Pervez Musharraf declared emergency rule.
Jemima Khan said her ex-husband had decided to stop eating or drinking until the Supreme Court justices and other judges from lower courts were given their jobs back.
Mr Khan's spokesman Hafeezullah Khan Niazi said the ex-cricketer was "committed".
"I met him in jail today and he said he is going on hunger strike because there is no other way to protest," Mr Niazi said.
"He looked very committed and vowed that he'll go on with the hunger strike until his demand is met."
Ms Khan headed a protest on Sunday outside Pakistan's High Commission in London.
They were protesting against the state of emergency established in the country by General Musharraf since November 3.
About 150 demonstrators called for the release of all political prisoners.
Ms Khan, 33, who helped set up the Free Pakistan movement with the help of lawyers, journalists, doctors and other professionals, attended the demonstration with the youngest of her two sons.