2022 Azadi march

2022 Azadi march
2022 Azadi march
Part of 2022–2024 Pakistan political unrest
Date	25 May 2022 – 26 May 2022
Location	Islamabad and Lahore, Srinagar Highway
Caused by	Khan's accusation on the government of US regime change (not proven);
Goals	Overthrow of the Sharif government; Dissolution of the National Assembly; A snap election;
Methods	Protesters: Sit-ins and Protests; Government: Traffic blockage in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Islamabad; Tear gas shelling and Lathi charge;
Status	PTI Failure: Imran Khan calls off the march after one day.
Parties
First Shehbaz Sharif ministry; Supported by: PDM; MQM-P; PSP;	PTI; Supported by: AML; PML(Q); MWM; GDA; TLP;
Lead figures
	Shehbaz Sharif (PMLN); Rana Sanaullah (PMLN); Hamza Shahbaz (PMLN); Supported by: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari (PPP); Mahmood Khan Achakzai (PkMAP); Fazal-ur-Rehman (JUI (F)); Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui (MQM-P); Imran Khan (PTI) Fawad Chaudhry (PTI); Shah Mahmood Qureshi (PTI); Supported by: Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad (AML); Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain (PML(Q)); Raja Nasir Abbas Jafri (MWM); Pir Pagaro (GDA);
	Other protests

The 2022 Azadi march (Urdu: آزادی مارچ, lit. 'Freedom March') was a one-day protest from 25 May to 26 May 2022, initiated by the former prime minister Imran Khan and his party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) against the government of his successor, Shehbaz Sharif. Khan announced a long march towards Islamabad starting on 25 May 2022. The next day Imran Khan called off protests.

Khan led the march into Islamabad, while senior PTI members led the march from Lahore, Punjab. No PTI rallies were held in Sindh and Balochistan due to party instructions. Khan called on his supporters to reach Srinagar Highway in Islamabad to support his demands for early elections. PTI planned to hold a sit-in at D-Chowk, Islamabad until the date for the dissolution of assemblies and new general elections were announced.