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| Four dead in Pak protests |
| 2001-09-23 |
Four people died in protests in the southern port city of Karachi on Friday -- three shot dead in clashes with police and a another of a heart attack -- after a coalition of Muslim groups called a national strike and a day of demonstrations. Over 50 people were arrested, most of them Afghans, police said. But as a fuller picture of Friday's protests emerged from across this county of 140 million, it was clear the turnout was low by Pakistani standards. Pakistani opinion has been divided over Musharraf's decision to help the United States in the wake of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and Washington's Pentagon that killed nearly 7,000 people. A snap poll by Gallup Pakistan last week showed 62 percent of those questioned opposed Musharraf's decision to stand by the United States. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |