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Anti-army Pakistanis arrested


Police in the Pakistani city of Multan have arrested five people for printing and putting up posters critical of the army.

Among them is the owner of a printing press and two officials of the local branch of the Pakistan Muslim League, the party of the deposed prime minister, Nawaz Sharif.

The posters are reported to express strong views about the suspension of the constitution by the leaders of last October's military coup.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service