Supporters of a leading
anti-government cleric in Pakistan are ending a two-month sit-in in
Islamabad after failing to force PM Nawaz Sharif to resign.
Tahirul Qadri said his party was taking the protest to other cities instead.
He launched his campaign in August, saying he wanted revolutionary change in how Pakistan was run.
Another opposition leader, former cricketer Imran Khan, said his supporters would keep protesting in the capital until Mr Sharif stepped down.
Mr Qadri has provided the bulk of the crowds in Islamabad but numbers have been thinning since September.
Imran Khan has already expanded his protest by holding huge anti-government rallies in Karachi and other major cities of Punjab province.
Struggling to sustain his sit-in, it seems Mr Qadri had little choice but to follow suit.
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