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Former president Pervez Musharraf will “certainly” be arrested if he returns to Pakistan, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said during an interview with CNN on Friday.
Addressing the “Islam Zindabad” conference in Karachi, Maulana Fazlur Rehman said his party would bring a revolution by pursuing Islamic economic principles.
By-elections on 10 national and provincial seats will now be held on Feb 25, the ECP announced on Friday.
The 100-share index closed up 76.29 points as investors bought energy shares such as OGDCL following a rise in international oil prices.
Democracy in Pakistan consolidated in 2011 through a number of measures notably the implementation of the 18th Amendment bill, said a PILDAT report.
The former president delayed his return home on Friday after repeated threats of arrest by the country's leadership.
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