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muriel_volestrangler

(101,320 posts)
Thu Aug 28, 2014, 03:02 PM Aug 2014

Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif is named as a murder suspect

Source: BBC

Police in Pakistan have named Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif as a suspect in a murder case, officials say.

He is among 21 possible defendants suspected of the killing of 14 demonstrators near Lahore in June.

Opposition cleric Tahir ul-Qadri has demanded that Mr Sharif face murder charges and a terrorism probe.

However the BBC's M Ilyas Khan in Islamabad says it is not automatic that Mr Sharif will be arrested and appear in court.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-28970898

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Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif is named as a murder suspect (Original Post) muriel_volestrangler Aug 2014 OP
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cosmicone

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1. Pakistani military
Thu Aug 28, 2014, 03:18 PM
Aug 2014

is trying to show Nawaz Sharif who is in charge.

This is exactly what they did to elected PM Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and later hanged him.

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