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Nawaz arrested!
 ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistan's government has placed opposition leader Nawaz Sharif under house arrest to stop him taking part in an anti-government rally.Sharif's spokesman Pervez Rasheed says hundreds of police surrounded his house Sunday in the eastern city of Lahore. He says they showed Sharif aides a detention order stipulating Sharif was to be placed under house arrest for three days. There was no immediate word from Pakistani authorities about the move. Posted by: Steve White 2009-03-15 |
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