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'Traitor' Musharraf Should Be Tried: Sharif

Pakistan coalition continues to disagree on president's fate

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted May 28, 2008 2:14 PM CDT

(Newser) – Nawaz Sharif labeled Pervez Musharraf a "traitor" today, and claimed his allies in Pakistan's coalition government had agreed to oust the president, the AP reports. "A high treason case should be registered against him and he should be given the punishment of a... Read full story »

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