03-15-2009, 04:27 AM
<b>Pakistan opposition leader Sharif under house arrest: Police</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Pakistani police placed the country's main opposition leader Nawaz Sharif under house arrest on Sunday to prevent him leading a protest march, a senior police official said.
"Sharif has been ordered not to leave his house in Lahore for three days," police officer Ijaz Ahmed told AFP.
Similar restrictions have been imposed on several other opposition leaders including former cricketer turned politician Imran Khan and the main Islamist party Jamat-e-Islami chief Qazi Hussain Ahmed, he added.
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"Sharif has been ordered not to leave his house in Lahore for three days," police officer Ijaz Ahmed told AFP.
Similar restrictions have been imposed on several other opposition leaders including former cricketer turned politician Imran Khan and the main Islamist party Jamat-e-Islami chief Qazi Hussain Ahmed, he added.
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