2014 Tsunami March

2014 Tsunami March
2014 Tsunami March
Date	14 August 2014 – 17 December 2014; (126 days)
Location	Islamabad (Lahore to Benazir Bhutto International Airport, followed by marches in other cities)
Caused by	Allegations of irregularities in the 2013 Pakistani election
Goals	Dismissal of the government and resignation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif; Electoral reform; Elimination of corruption; A snap election;
Methods	Protests, marches, civil disobedience, sit-ins
Status	Cancelled due to the 2014 terrorist attack in Peshawar
Concessions	Removal of PTI restriction to general elections
Parties
Sharif government; Pakistan Peoples Party; Pakhtun-khwa Milli Awami Party; National Party (Pakistan); Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F);	Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf; Pakistan Awami Tehreek; Awami Muslim League; Pakistan Muslim League (Q); Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen; Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (S);
Lead figures
	Nawaz Sharif (PML-N); Shahbaz Sharif (PML-N); Supporters Asif Ali Zardari (PPP); Mahmood Khan Achakzai (PkMAP); Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman (JUI-F); Abdul Malik Baloch (NP); ; Imran Khan (PTI); Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri (PAT); Supporters Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad (AML); Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain (PML-Q); Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi (PML-Q); Allama Raja Nasir Abbas (MWM); Maulana Sami ul Haq (JUI-S);
Number
	100,000 – over 150,000 00
Casualties
Death(s)	PTI: 2 in Islamabad (combat); 8 in Multan (non-combat); PAT: 18 in Lahore (combat); 5 in Islamabad (combat);
Injuries	PTI: 13+; PAT: 100+;
Arrested	PTI: 1500+; PAT: 1500+;

The 2014 Tsunami March (Urdu: سونامی مارچ, romanized: Sunāmī Mārch), also called the Azadi movement, was a protest march in Pakistan from 14 August to 17 December 2014. The march was organised by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, opposing Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif over claims of systematic election-rigging by the Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) in the 2013 general election that was later order for reelection and PTI won one out of three seats from the four claimed seats. Party leader Imran Khan had announced plans for an August march from Lahore to Islamabad with a group of protesters in a PTI jalsa (demonstration) in Bahawalpur on 27 June 2014. On 17 December, a day after the 2014 Peshawar school massacre, Khan called off the protest.

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