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...silencing a leading TV news channel. A senior government minister has resigned in protest over the media clampdown, but President Asif Ali Zardari appears unwilling to negotiate under pressure. And his chief rival, former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, is pressing ahead with preparations for a lawyer-led protest march due to arrive in the capital of Islamabad on Monday...
...recent days, more than 1,000 lawyers and activists have been arrested as roads have been blocked in a desperate effort to halt the march. Section 144, a British colonial-era law that forbids any gathering of four or more people, has been extended to the North West Frontier Province - although armed militants seem exempt from the order. In the central city of Multan, police and intelligence officials impounded vehicles, forcing the protesters to make the journey on foot. Under a beaming sun, they were overcome by exhaustion, just a few miles out of the city. Travel bans have been...
...sets," says Azhar Abbas, director of Geo News. "After inquiries, our sources told us that the order had come from President Zardari." The Zardari government has been increasingly critical of what some of its members allege is an "orchestrated campaign" against them. In the lead-up to the long march, Geo and other channels endlessly taunted the government with footage of its election promises to restore Iftikhar Chaudhry, the chief justice sacked by Musharraf when he imposed the state of emergency. Once the crackdown began, there was blanket coverage of protesters being thrashed in the streets and hauled...
...HELP Committee will have its own schedule on the prevention and wellness provisions as well as the parts of the bill involving the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (known as ERISA), which regulates employer-offered health-insurance plans. Rockefeller will first hold his own series of hearings in March and early April on quality, long-term care and the importance of a competitive and open bidding process...