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Sharif suggests Musharraf could be hanged

Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif stepped up his attack on President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday, suggesting he could be hanged.

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  • Published: 12:05 June 14, 2008
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  • Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif addresses the "Long March" rally in Islamabad, Pakistan.
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Islamabad: Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif stepped up his attack on President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday, suggesting he could be hanged.

Sharif said the president must be held accountable for abrogating the constitution and the 1999 coup, when then army chief Musharraf ousted Sharif.

Sharif was allowed back from exile late last year as US ally Musharraf's power was ebbing following a clash with the judiciary. The two-time prime minister's party came second in a February election.

Sharif said in a speech to up to 15,000 protesters outside parliament, referring to Musharraf, "We asked you to quit with honour after the election but you didn't."

"Now people have given a new judgement for you ... they want you to be held accountable," he said, as the crowd shouted "hang Musharraf".

Sharif had previously called for Musharraf to be tried for treason for tearing up the constitution and his coup.

Musharraf's popularity sank after he dismissed the country's then Supreme Court chief justice, Iftikhar Chaudhry, last year, sparking months of turmoil which raised concern for the prospects of the nuclear-armed country on the front line of the US-led campaign against terrorism.

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