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Afghanistan/South Asia
PML-N slams army action in tribal areas
2004-10-03
The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) set up a protest camp near Egerton Road chowk on Saturday to condemn military operations in the tribal areas. The protestors were carrying placards and banners and chanting slogans against the government. They were of the view that military operations in Balochistan and FATA were against the solidarity of Pakistan. Haji Muhammad Hanif, the president of PML-N Lahore, members of the Punjab Assembly, Mujtaba Shujaur Rehman, Dr Asad Ashraf and Afzal Khokhar and Aysha Javaid, the secretary general of the women's wing, participated in the protest. They urged President General Pervez Musharraf to shed his uniform and demanded fresh presidential elections. Condemning the Sialkot bomb blast, the PML-N leaders demanded that the culprits be arrested and punished.
Posted by:Fred

#2  The PML-Nawaz aren't Jihadis, they are the followers of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif who was overthrown in a military coup by Musharraf in 1999. They are only a shell of their former selves after most of the Pakistan Muslims Leagues politicians, members and supporters defected to a pro Musharraf PML faction set up before the last elections.

Now they are trying to latch on to anything that could get them some of their support base back
Posted by: Paul Moloney   2004-10-03 4:11:28 AM  

#1  A protest camp? Good get tham all in one place and drop a 2000 lb gravity bomb on it.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2004-10-03 3:37:15 AM  

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