Kamran Haider
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/ 23 August 2007

Pakistan court rules exiled former PM can return

Pakistan’s Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that exiled former prime minister Nawaz Sharif can return home after seven years in exile, the chief of the court said. Sharif, a two-time prime minister, has vowed to oppose a bid by President Pervez Musharraf for another term in office. Sharif (57) was overthrown by army chief Musharraf in a 1999 coup.

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/ 10 July 2007

Pakistani troops storm mosque

Pakistani forces stormed a mosque compound in the capital on Tuesday, killing at least 40 militants who were believed to be holed up with hundreds of women and children. With more than two-thirds of the complex cleared, commandos had yet to encounter any of the women and children.

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/ 6 July 2007

Anxious parents enter besieged Pakistan mosque

Isolated shots rang out as a group of worried parents entered a besieged mosque in Islamabad on Friday to collect children caught up in a deadly stand-off between Islamic radical students and security forces. A cleric leading the Taliban-style movement at Red Mosque said overnight that he and hundreds of followers were willing to surrender.

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/ 5 July 2007

Human shield fear grows over besieged mosque

Small groups of radical students trickled out from Islamabad’s besieged Red Mosque on Thursday, despite warning blasts overnight, raising fears hardcore militants were keeping some children as human shields. The captured leader of the mosque’s Taliban-style student movement said there were 850 students inside.