News: Army out in Pak

[Harshal Chhaya <hchhaya@epsilon.pair.com>]

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The last thing the sub-continent needs. If this escalates... <shudder>

- 'shal
harshal@mumbai-central.com


Pak troops storm PTV HQ, surround airport 

              Islamabad: Pakistan army has surrounded Islamabad
              International Airport, state-run Radio Pakistan and Pakistan
              Television following the announcement that the government
              dismissed the army chief of staff. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
              dismissed Pakistan's army chief Gen. Pervaiz Musharraf,
              while the military leader was on a visit to Sri Lanka. The
              dismissal was announced by state-run television as an early
              retirement.

              The dismissal was followed by a rapid movement of army
              personnel throughout the federal capital and in the Punjab
              provincial capital of Lahore, Sharif's hometown. Pakistan
              Television, with Sharif apparently inside, abruptly went off the
              air amid reports from witnesses who saw army soldiers leap
              over the fence and go inside the building.

              No one is being allowed inside the television station. Soldiers
              also have surrounded the residences of the Prime Minister and
              the President, besides taking over the houses of government
              officials, according to witnesses who saw soldiers lock the
              gate of the Information Minister Mushahid Hussein's house.

              There have been no announcements by either Sharif or the
              army since Musharraf's dismissal was announced.
              Musharraf's term as army chief was to end in April 2000. He
              has been replaced by Gen. Zia Uddin, head of the country's
              secret service and considered a close ally of Sharif's. Other
              unconfirmed reports say that the governor of Punjab, Zulfiqar
              Khosa, has been taken into custody by Pak troops from his
              House in Lahore. 


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