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Threat of coup recedes as Pakistani PM escapes arrest
The threat of a soft coup against Pakistans government receded today as the countrys supreme court was told its order to arrest the prime minister could not be carried out.Raja Pervez Ashraf was supposed to be arrested and brought before the countrys most senior judges today on graft charges. Instead the head of an anti-corruption body told the supreme court there wasnt enough evidence against him. The timing of Tuesdays arrest warrant, which coincided with a mass protest outside parliament, led by Tahir-ul Qadri , a firebrand cleric with close links to the military, fuelled suspicions of a coordinated plot to bundle the government out of office before it could complete a full term. Posted by: tipper 2013-01-17 |
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