PAKISTANI police put the main opposition leader Nawaz Sharif under house arrest to foil an attempt to lead a protest march on Islamabad, a senior police official told AFP.
"Sharif has been ordered not to leave his house in Lahore for three days,'' police officer Ijaz Ahmed told AFP.
Similar restrictions have been imposed on several other opposition leaders including former cricketer turned politician Imran Khan and the main Islamist party Jamat-e-Islami chief Qazi Hussain Ahmed, he added.
Former prime minister Sharif said on Saturday that he would join a protest by lawyers pushing for the restoration of deposed judges and that he intended to lead the march from the eastern city of Lahore to Islamabad on Sunday.
"Sharif has been ordered not to leave his house in Lahore for three days,'' police officer Ijaz Ahmed told AFP.
Similar restrictions have been imposed on several other opposition leaders including former cricketer turned politician Imran Khan and the main Islamist party Jamat-e-Islami chief Qazi Hussain Ahmed, he added.
Former prime minister Sharif said on Saturday that he would join a protest by lawyers pushing for the restoration of deposed judges and that he intended to lead the march from the eastern city of Lahore to Islamabad on Sunday.
Source: The Australian
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