Pakistanis "detain 2,000" ahead of ex-PM's return
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Pakistani authorities tightened security at Islamabad's airport and have detained more than 2,000 supporters of exiled former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his party said on Sunday, the eve of his planned return.
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A man describing himself as British has been held illegally in Pakistan since last August, campaigners say.
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Former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif was arrested and taken into detention on Monday about three hours after arriving home from exile vowing to challenge President Pervez Musharraf.
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The former Pakistani Prime Minister was arrested and deported Monday at Islamabad's airport on corruption charges.
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Pakistan's ex-PM Nawaz Sharif is arrested and flown to prison after returning to challenge the president, officials say.
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LONDON/ISLAMABAD  - Nawaz Sharif, the former prime minister of Pakistan, was flying home on Sunday after seven years in exile to challenge President Pervez Musharraf, who could arrest him when he touches down.
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Pakistani authorities tightened security at Islamabad's airport after detaining more than 2,000 supporters of exiled former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his party said on Sunday, the eve of his planned return.
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Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto's party said on Thursday that police had arrested thousands of its activists overnight, hours after U.S. President George W. Bush urged President Pervez Musharraf to hold elections and quit as army chief.
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Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf sent envoys to London this week to negotiate with two former prime ministers whose possible return may threaten his hold on power.
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Exiled former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, the man President Pervez Musharraf deposed, is set to return to Pakistan within days, aides said on Friday, after a deal to end his exile in Saudi Arabia.
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Pakistani police on Tuesday arrested the husband of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in the killing of a former judge and his son in 1996, taking him back into custody just a month after he'd been freed on bail, lawyers and officials said.
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Pakistani security agencies have detained a number of people for interrogation in a foiled bid to fire rockets in the vicinity of the parliament, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said on Friday.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan  -- Police manned roadblocks and rounded up supporters of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Sunday as he prepared to end seven years in exile and return to Pakistan to lead a campaign to topple the country's U.S.-allied military ruler.
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Former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif was arrested at Islamabad airport on Monday and taken into custody about three hours after arriving home from seven years in exile.
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Pakistan braced for reprisals on Saturday, with police on alert for suicide attacks in the city where a senior Taliban leader was captured this week.
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Pakistani authorities have detained hundreds of opposition party activists in advance of a day of protests against the government this week, opposition party officials said on Tuesday.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 22 -- With President Pervez Musharraf facing an election in just two weeks, police on Saturday night arrested key opposition leaders who had vowed to try to block the general's plans for winning a new term.