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The Herald
| 9 months ago
Pakistan Pakistani cricket legend Imran Khan emerged as a powerful political force late last year by engineering massive rallies in big cities. On Sunday, he failed in his bid to take his people-power campaign to the unlikeliest of venues South...
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Washington Post
| 9 months ago
The military's reasoning, Khan later told his supporters, was that the convoy had arrived too late in the afternoon to risk allowing people to gather after sunset. But all along it was doubtful that the army, which keeps a tight grip on domestic...
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The Independent
| 9 months ago
As the sun set last night, Imran Khan claimed his peace march into Pakistan's most dangerous areas had been a success, despite failing to make it into militant-plagued South Waziristan. The cricketer-turned-politician led a convoy of several hundred...
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International Herald Tribune
| 9 months ago
In Pakistan, Drone Protest Takes Detour for Safety a Majeed/Agence France-Presse Getty Images Imran Khan speaking in the Pakistani town of Tank on Sunday during a rally against American drone strikes. The demonstration was originally intended for the...
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Telegraph India
| 9 months ago
Pakistan's security forces today stopped an anti-US rally led by cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan from entering a volatile tribal region bordering Afghanistan. Khan and at least 5,000 supporters, who included some American anti-war activists,...
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The Age
| 9 months ago
The decision to turn back disappointed protesters and residents alike. "You can see for yourself there are no problems, no army, no police," said Kalim Ullah Khan, 26, who works in the oil and gas industry, as he gestured at the empty road leading on...
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The Hindu
| 9 months ago
Islamabad, October 7, 2012 AP Pakistan's cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan addresses supporters during a peace march in Mianwali, Pakistan on Saturday. As anticipated, cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan had to cut short his peace march to...
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DAWN
| 9 months ago
Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira on Sunday said that the government has a clear stance against the drone attacks and considered them as illegal and counter-productive. Speaking to APP, Kaira said that the government was...
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Guardian Unlimited
| 9 months ago
Dera Ismail Khan Makeshift roadblocks, security threats and warnings from Pakistan 's army forced Imran Khan to abandon his unprecedented attempt to lead a cavalcade of anti-drone protesters deep into the country's restive tribal belt on Sunday.
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Arab News
| 9 months ago
Monday 8 October 2012 Last Update 7 October 2012 5:38 pm Bashir Shaikh might have a point in his letter published in Arab News (Drone attacks', Oct. 5), on the legal aspects of drone attacks launched by the CIA in the tribal areas inside Pakistan.
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DAWN
| 9 months ago
Mian Iftikhar Hussain said on Sunday that provincial government has provided foolproof security to the participants of the peace march organised by the Pakistan Tahrik-i-Insaf (PTI.) Addressing a press conference, he said due to foolproof security...
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The Daily Telegraph
| 9 months ago
Imran Khan has claimed victory at the end of his march against US drone strikes, despite failing to reach his intended destination in Pakistan's tribal areas. Khan defied official warnings to lead thousands of supporters beyond Tank, the last town...
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DAWN
| 9 months ago
Fazlur Rehman terms Imran Khan a western agent JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman. Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Sunday, while terming Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Kahn a western agent, claimed that Khan...
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Al Jazeera English
| 9 months ago
13 Pakistani authorities have stopped a protest over US drone strikes led by cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan from entering the troubled region of South Waziristan, prompting allegations the government is ambivalent about US actions.
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Chicago Tribune
| 9 months ago
Imran Khan, cricketer-turned-politician and head of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), wears a turban while addressing his supporters as he leads a peace march against U.S. drone strikes from Islamabad to South Waziristan, in Musa Khel, located in the...
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India Abroad
| 9 months ago
A march against US drone strikes in Pakistan led by cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan [ Images ] was stopped by the army on the edge of the nation's lawless tribal belt due to fears of possible militant attacks on the rallyists, which also...
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Taiwan News
| 9 months ago
Travel & Delicacy Beauty never Ends Ecological Environment Associated Press 2012-10-07 08:40 PM The Pakistan i military blocked a convoy carrying thousands of Pakistan is and a small contingent of U.S. anti-war activists from entering a lawless...
