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Nawaz charged with murder
The Pakistan government on Thursday agreed to register a murder case against 21 people, including Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, for their alleged role in the clashes that killed 14 supporters of the cleric Tahir-ul- Qadri.
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Islamabad: The Pakistan government on Thursday agreed to register a murder case against 21 people, including Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, for their alleged role in the clashes that killed 14 supporters of the cleric Tahir-ul- Qadri.
The Lahore Sessions Court hearing the case related to the clashes in Lahore's Model Town area had on June 17 ordered police to register a murder case earlier this month against 21 persons named by the Qadri-led Pakistan Awami Tahreek (PAT) in its complaint. Pakistani police, however, refused to register the cases. Federal Minister Saad Rafique told reporters on Thursday that all the 21 people would be part of the FIR (First Information Report) as demanded by Qadri. Qadri has also demanded that after the registration of the case, both Sharif brothers should resign.
Rafique said the resignation would come only if anyone was found guilty and convicted. The decision to launch the FIR came hours before Qadri's expected "unspecified" announcements on Thursday, which he declared as 'Revolution Day', to force the government to accept the demands. The announcement to register murder cases is the first major concession by the government and a sign of its increasing vulnerability to the threats by Qadri and Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan, who is protesting in front of Parliament.
