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| JUP backs out from elections in protest |
| 2007-12-29 |
| The Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (JUP) has announced to boycott the coming general elections in protest to the murder of Pakistan People’s Party chairwoman Benazir Bhutto. In a joint press statement issued on Friday, JUP head Shah Muhammad Anas Noorani and secretary general Qari Muhammad Zawar Bahadar said the Liaqat Bagh tragedy was a conspiracy against the solidarity of Pakistan. “The JUP will boycott the elections as a protest to this tragedy,” they said. |
| Posted by:Fred |