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Pakistani lawyers call for Musharraf to quit

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Lahore/Karachi/Quetta, Sep 07 : Lawyers in Pakistan boycotted courts and rallied across the country on Thursday calling for embattled President Pervez Musharraf to stand down and give up efforts to seek another term. Chanting "Go, Musharraf go" and "down with dictatorship," about 1,500 lawyers marched in the city of Lahore demanding Musharraf to resign as both president and the army chief.

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