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Balochistan observes ‘black day’ to mark Musharraf’s visit
17 Nov 2006
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Balochistan observes ‘black day’ to mark Musharraf’s visit
on 2006/11/16 19:00:00 (10 reads)
QUETTA: Balochistan observed a black day and went on a complete shutter-down strike on Thursday as General Pervez Musharraf paid his first visit to Balochistan since the target assassination of Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti and many others.
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Police simultaneously rounded up more than 100s political activists, including National Party (NP) Secretary General Mir Hasil Khan Bezanjo. Business activities came to a complete standstill throughout Balochistan as a peaceful but organised black day and shutter-down strike was observed in the Baloch capital of Quetta and almost all districts of the province on the behest of the Baloch nationalist group, the
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