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Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Pakistan arrests 147 in Punjab towns as protests in capital continue

A supporter of Imran Khan wears a Khan shirt as he rests during the Freedom March in Islamabad By Asim Tanveer MULTAN Pakistan (Reuters) - As twin protests in Islamabad entered a fifth day on Tuesday, Pakistan police said they had arrested some 150 supporters of protest leaders overnight in Punjab province in a crackdown ahead of widening demonstrations in the capital. Opposition leader Imran Khan and firebrand cleric Tahir ul-Qadri have led tens of thousands of supporters from Punjab to Islamabad in a bid to bring down Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, whom they accuse of rigging elections and corruption.




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