Friday, April 7, 2000, Chandigarh, India

Life term for Nawaz Sharif
Brother, five others acquitted
KARACHI, April 6 — Six months after being toppled by the Army, Pakistan’s deposed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was today spared death penalty but awarded life imprisonment for 25 years on being held guilty of hijacking and terrorism by a special court here.

Verdict ‘engineered’
KARACHI, April 6 — Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today said the verdict finding him guilty of hijacking and terrorism was “engineered”.


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Supporters of Nawaz Sharif, deposed Prime Minister of Pakistan, chant anti-government slogans, holding Sharif's poster, outside the Anti-Terrorist Court in Karachi after the court decision on Thursday
Supporters of Nawaz Sharif, deposed Prime Minister of Pakistan, chant anti-government slogans, holding Sharif's poster, outside the Anti-Terrorist Court in Karachi after the court decision on Thursday
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Editorial: No tears for Nawaz Sharif

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India silent
NEW DELHI, April 6 — India today maintained strict silence on developments in neighbouring Pakistan where former premier Nawaz Sharif was sentenced to life. When asked, about a comment on Mr Sharif’s life imprisonment, a spokesman of the Ministry of External Affairs said “we have nothing to say”.

US pleased over verdict
WASHINGTON, April 6 — The White House today said it was pleased ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was spared the death penalty and called for a fair appeals process for his conviction.

Nod for LPG use as auto fuel
NEW DELHI, April 6 — In a move to control pollution, the government has decided to permit use of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) as an autofuel and allow alterations in vehicles to run them on LPG.

Bodies of 5 youths exhumed
JAMMU, April 6 — The bodies of five youths who were slain in the encounter with the security forces at Pathri Bal in Anantnag district were exhumed today. Three of the bodies were shown to the relatives who are said to have told the police that the clothes they had retrieved from the site of the encounter confirmed that those killed were not militants but five youths who had been missing since the last 10 days.

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Addicts demand opium quota
LUDHIANA, April 6 — A large number of opium takers from all over the district today converged at the Civil Surgeon’s office here for the annual renewal of their licences for opium quota. More than 70 such licensees today raised a lot of hue and cry. They were protesting against the authorities for not giving them their fixed quota of opium for the past three months.
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