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News Source: NewKerala
| 9 months ago
Gilani 'has appealed to those taking to the streets to show restraint and calm and use elected forums for expressing their views', a statement issued by his office said, adding the prime minister 'has deplored the ongoing violence and loss to public...
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News Source: NewKerala
| 9 months ago
I have not called for civil disobedience and no decision has yet been made on this,' Sharif told BBC Urdu. 'I have merely said that the administration, the police should not follow any extralegal orders,' he added. Sharif also rejected the claims...
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News Source: The Frontier Post
| 9 months ago
Pakistan Muslim League-Q central leader Ejaz-ul-Haq on Friday condemned the imposition of governor rule in Punjab and termed the Supreme Court's verdict in Sharif brothers' case similar to the November 3 acts of Pervaiz Musharraf. Talking to...
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News Source: NewKerala
| 9 months ago
He (Zardari) is deflecting the attention of the whole country to something that is so irrelevant." "He is banking on the United States, but America will only support him up to a point," he added...Masood was commenting on the Pakistan Supreme Court's...
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News Source: Denver Post
| 9 months ago
Pakistan — With his supporters rioting for a third day, opposition leader Nawaz Sharif blamed Pakistan's government Friday for the political turmoil set off by a court order barring him from elected office — unrest that he warned could be...
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News Source: The News
| 9 months ago
Friday observed a complete strike, boycotting the court proceedings and taking out a protest rally from the High Court premises to the GT Road near Soan to lodge a protest against the Supreme Court decision against the Sharifs and the imposition of...
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News Source: Voice of America
| 9 months ago
Pakistani protesters battled police for a third day on Friday following a Supreme Court decision upholding a ruling that banned former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from holding elected office because of a past criminal conviction. Critics of the...
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News Source: The Frontier Post
| 9 months ago
The disqualification of Sharif brothers was purely a judicial matter and the government of Pakistan People’s Party has no involvement in it. This was stated by the central leader of Pakistan People’s Party, Inayatullah Afridi, in a press release...
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News Source: Voice of America
| 9 months ago
Pakistani police have again confronted protesters angered over a Supreme Court decision banning opposition leader Nawaz Sharif and his brother from elected office. Witnesses say police fired tear gas to disperse dozens of stone-throwing protesters...
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News Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
| 9 months ago
Police in Pakistan fired tear gas Friday to break up supporters of Nawaz Sharif who were protesting against court decisions effectively barring the former prime minister from public office. About 100 people had piled rocks and bricks to block a six-...