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Pakistan Widens Ban on Anti-government Protests
Date: 3/13/2009 7:22:52 AM Sender: VOA News
Pakistan Widens Ban on Anti-government Protests  
By VOA News
13 March 2009

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Police officers arrest female protester taking part in anti-government march in Karachi, 12 Mar 2009

Pakistan＇s government widened a ban on protests Friday and rounded up dozens of activists in a bid to stifle a second day of anti-government demonstrations.

Authorities blocked public gatherings in North West Frontier Province, similar to earlier bans imposed on central Punjab and southern Sindh provinces. Hundreds of activists were taken into police custody overnight in North West Frontier Province.

Supporters of opposition leader Nawaz Sharif are trying to defy the crackdown. But police successfully stopped a convoy as it tried to enter Sindh province earlier Friday.  

Organizers had intended the so-called "long march" to begin in cities across the country and culminate in a sit-in at the parliament in Islamabad on Monday.  

Opposition activists led by Mr. Sharif are demanding that President Asif Ali Zardari reinstate former Supreme Court chief justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry who was ousted by former President Pervez Musharraf.

Top U.S. officials have been in touch with President Zardari and Mr. Sharif, urging them to negotiate a solution to the brewing political crisis.

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