The World - News from Feb. 19, 1985
Pakistan’s military government rounded up the last of the country’s opposition leaders, who have advocated a boycott of general elections next week, opposition sources said. Police put under house arrest four moderate opposition politicians in Karachi and detained another for expulsion. A sixth was jailed in Lahore, capital of Punjab province. Opposition sources said hundreds of government opponents have been detained since late January.
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