AP, Islamabad :Pakistani cricketer-turned-opposition leader Imran Khan staged a major rally in Islamabad on Sunday, threatening to shut down the whole country with protests as he bids to topple the government.Khan, who alleges massive rigging in the 2013 election that swept Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to power for the third time, has been holding demonstrations around the country since mid-August.But his campaign has lost momentum after so far failing in its aims.”We will close the whole of Pakistan on Dec 16,” he told tens of thousands of supporters near parliament on Sunday evening, adding that his party workers would paralyse major cities starting with Lahore, Sharif’s seat of power.Khan also called for a speedy judicial probe into allegations of systemic ballot-stuffing in the 2013 poll, which saw Pakistan’s first democratic handover of power and was rated by local and foreign observers as “credible”. “The ball is in your court, Nawaz Sharif-do your talks, do your investigations and solve the issue,” said the former cricket star.
