Imran asks protesters 'to end roadblocks' as PTI resumes long march.

LAHORE/ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Thursday resumed its long march towards Islamabad from Wazirabad with former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi leading the marchers. 'I will reach Rawalpindi and I invite you all to come and march with us because it is a matter of the future of the country and the future of your children,' PTI chairman Imran Khan said in a video address lasting less than 20 minutes on Thursday. In a late night development, Imran Khan asked his supporters to 'end their road blockades with immediate effect.' 'As our Long March for Haqeeqi Azadi has resumed once again, I am calling on all our workers to end their road blockades with immediate effect,' tweets Imran Khan. Imran Khan also vowed to continue his fight for 'real freedom' until his last breath as his supporters joined a 'long march' to the capital Islamabad demanding snap elections. The PTI party Thursday resumed the march to Islamabad from Wazirabad city in Punjab province a week after the former prime minister was shot at in an 'assassination attempt.' While addressing to his supporters via video-link on Thursday, Imran said that he won't step back and urged the nation to join PTI's long march. 'You have to win the war for the country's future. 'I can only try but you have to participate because the future is yours and your children's future,' he said, stating that he will receive PTI supporters from across the country in Rawalpindi. PTI chairman Imran Khan also claimed that the nation has lost trust in the institutions and all eyes were on the Supreme Court (SC) now. 'CJP, we are becoming a banana republic. You have to save the country. The nation has lost trust in institutions. You have to fix this because the country doesn't work without institutions,' he said in his address. The former premier said that what was happening in Pakistan was 'unimaginable even in western societies'. 'When will the country's law give us protection,' Imran demanded, adding that the country's future 'lies in the CJP's hands'. PTI Chairman Imran Khan urged Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial to look into the matters of the FIR of attack on his container, the murder of journalist Arshad Sharif as well as alleged custodial torture of PTI Senator Azam Swati. 'You have a big responsibility, the nation is looking at you,' Imran said as he directly addressed the chief justice in his video address. 'An ex-prime minister cannot register an FIR, which is his right. There should...

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