Pakistan opposition leader Imran Khan backed down from his threat to shut down the capital on Wednesday, vowing instead to hold a celebratory rally about a Supreme Court decision to pursue a case linked to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. - Reuters
Two supporters of a Pakistani opposition party have died from use of tear gas by police trying to keep hundreds of people from entering the capital, Islamabad, for a protest to demand the prime minister resign, the party said on Tuesday. - Reuters
So much divides the two politicians, but at least one thing unites them: they have spent their careers fighting for women. They became unlikely allies in the battle to pass a historic law to protect women from murder by members of their own families. – Associated Press