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                    [Title] => Pakistan's premier challenged by raging protests
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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] => ) [1] => 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] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 942003 [Title] => Pakistan's Sharif wants good relations with US [Summary] =>

Pakistan's presumptive new prime minister said yesterday that Islamabad has "good relations" with the United States, but called the CIA's drone campaign in the country's tribal region a challenge to national sovereignty.

[DatePublished] => 2013-05-14 03:12:36 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1740428 [AuthorName] => Sebastian Abbot [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 941639 [Title] => Pakistan's Sharif gets resounding election victory [Summary] =>

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif looked poised to return to office with a resounding election victory — a mandate that could make it easier to tackle the country's daunting problems, including growing power outages, weak economic growth and shaky government finances.

[DatePublished] => 2013-05-13 12:21:08 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1139702 [AuthorName] => Asif Shahzad and Sebastian Abbot [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/6479/pakistanelectionsguti.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 941615 [Title] => Resounding election victory for Pakistan's Sharif [Summary] =>

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif looked poised yesterday to return to office with a resounding election victory — a mandate that could make it easier to tackle the country's daunting problems, including growing power outages, weak economic growth and shaky government finances.

[DatePublished] => 2013-05-13 06:11:43 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1740429 [AuthorName] => Sebastian Abbot and Asif Shahzad [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 747357 [Title] => Accidental blast at Iranian arms depot kills 17 [Summary] =>

An accidental explosion at a Revolutionary Guard ammunition depot west of Tehran killed at least 17 soldiers on Saturday, Iranian officials said.

[DatePublished] => 2011-11-13 02:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 677727 [Title] => Libya rebels raise concern about Islamic extremism [Summary] =>

Abdel-Moneim Mokhtar was ambushed and killed by Moammar Gadhafi's troops last week on a dusty road in eastern Libya — the end of a journey that saw him fight as a jihadi in Afghanistan and then return home where he died alongside NATO-backed rebels trying to oust the longtime authoritarian leader.

[DatePublished] => 2011-04-19 17:42:18 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 449009 [Title] => Pakistan to reinstate top judge, defusing crisis [Summary] =>

ISLAMABAD (AP) – Pakistan's government relented in a major confrontation with the opposition yesterday, agreeing to reinstate a fired Supreme Court chief justice whose fate had sparked street fights and raised fears of political instability.

[DatePublished] => 2009-03-17 03:02:11 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 448720 [Title] => Violence mars Pakistani anti-government protest [Summary] =>

LAHORE (AP) – Pakistan's opposition leader defied house arrest yesterday to lead anti-government protests that briefly turned violent before becoming a jubilant show of force against the country's pro-Western president.

[DatePublished] => 2009-03-16 01:07:26 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 448461 [Title] => Pakistan police battle protesters as crisis grows [Summary] =>

LAHORE (AP) – Police fought running battles with stone-throwing anti-government protesters Sunday after authorities tried to detain opposition leader Nawaz Sharif, fanning a crisis that has alarmed the United States.

[DatePublished] => 2009-03-15 19:43:27 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) ) )
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