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                    [Title] => Anti-government cleric ends protest in Islamabad
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A fiery anti-government cleric has ended his 65-day long sit-in protest in Pakistan's capital Islamabad yesterday. Tahirul Qadri announced he will now tour major Pakistani cities holding sit-ins and agitating for the launch of a "revolution of the poor."

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-22 05:43:14 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1796223 [AuthorName] => Zarar Khan [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1364585 [Title] => Pakistan's premier challenged by raging protests [Summary] =>

Ahead of a joint session of parliament, Pakistan's prime minister and army chief held marathon meetings yesterday over violent anti-government protests that could force the premier of this nuclear-armed country to resign.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-02 07:08:42 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1796224 [AuthorName] => Zarar Khan and Asif Shahzad [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1362671 [Title] => Pakistan minister urges opposition to ease demands [Summary] =>

A Cabinet minister on yesterday urged Pakistan's two key opposition figures leading mass rallies outside parliament to back off their demand for the prime minister's resignation in ongoing talks with the government.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-28 02:45:43 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1531589 [AuthorName] => Munir Ahmed [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1361922 [Title] => Pakistan cleric at rally warns of 48-hour deadline [Summary] =>

A Pakistani cleric leading a mass anti-government rally in front of parliament issued a 48-hour deadline yesterday for the country's prime minister to step down, saying he's prepared to die to see it happen.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-26 02:41:24 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1796223 [AuthorName] => Zarar Khan [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1358922 [Title] => Pakistan politician calls for civil disobedience [Summary] =>

A Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician on yesterday called on thousands of anti-government protesters to stop paying taxes and practice civil disobedience until Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif steps down, raising fears of instability in the nuclear-armed US ally.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-18 06:19:33 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1796223 [AuthorName] => Zarar Khan [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1358220 [Title] => Tens of thousands hold anti-PM rally in Pakistan [Summary] =>

Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters gathered in Pakistan's capital Islamabad late yesterday in the pouring rain following the arrival of convoys led by a cricket star-turned-politician and a fiery anti-Taliban cleric.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-16 06:13:22 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1531591 [AuthorName] => Munir Ahmed and Zarar Khan [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 897194 [Title] => Thousands rally in Pakistani capital against gov't [Summary] =>
Thousands of Pakistanis fed up with political leaders they say are corrupt and indifferent rallied in the Pakistani capital Tuesday, as the cleric who organized the rally called for the government to resign.
 
[DatePublished] => 2013-01-15 09:33:44 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 897187 [Title] => Thousands of protesters rally in Pakistani capital [Summary] =>

Thousands of Pakistanis fed up with a government they say is corrupt and indifferent to the plight of common citizens descended on the capital yesterday, responding to the call of a charismatic cleric who has quickly become a powerful but mysterious political force.

[DatePublished] => 2013-01-15 06:47:23 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 896792 [Title] => Pakistan sacks provincial government after attack [Summary] =>

Pakistani leaders dismissed the government of southwest Baluchistan province early Monday in response to the demands of protesters angry about an attack on minority Shiite Muslims there that killed 86 people.

[DatePublished] => 2013-01-14 06:08:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 736001 [Title] => Hundreds in Pakistan rally for governor's killer [Summary] =>

Hundreds of demonstrators have rallied in support of a Pakistani man convicted of assassinating a liberal governor in the name of Islam.

[DatePublished] => 2011-10-11 17:38:06 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) ) )
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