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Beefed Up Security Will Welcome Sharif

Pakistan bans rallies, rounds up activists day before ex-PM's return

By Zach Samalin,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 9, 2007 12:07 PM CDT

(Newser) – In advance of ousted PM Nawaz Sharif's return tomorrow after a 7-year exile, Pakistan banned political rallies and has arrested thousands of activists, the AP reports. "Nothing can be more pleasing to me than freeing Pakistan from the clutches of military dictatorship," said...   Read full story »

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