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The Crackdown on Freedom in Pakistan

If a state of emergency is necessary because of the threat from insurgents, taliban fundamentalists, and other Islamic extremists, why is it that so many lawyers and critics of General Musharraf are being arrested?

Category: International Affairs Posted on Tuesday, November 6, 2007 at 12:39pm

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