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January 25th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Gilani previously criticised the army for co-operating with the Supreme Court investigation and said the standoff was nothing less than a choice between “democracy and dictatorship.”
The army had warned of possible “grievous consequences” if the government did not tone down its criticism.
The conflict raised fears of a military coup, something that has happened three times since Pakistan was founded in 1947. Many analysts doubted a coup was imminent, but some speculated that the army was working with the Supreme Court to oust the government through constitutional means.
The court has clashed with the government on a separate case involving old corruption charges against President Asif Ali Zardari and even threatened to hold the prime minister in contempt over the matter.
In violence Wednesday, Gunmen on a motorcycle killed three Shiite Muslim lawyers and wounded one other in the southern city of Karachi in an apparent sectarian attack, said local police officer Naeem Shaikh. The dead included a father, son and nephew, he said.
Sunni Muslim militants have carried out scores of bombings and shootings against minority Shiites in Pakistan. In recent years, Sunni attacks on Shiites have become far more common.
The Sunni-Shiite schism over the true heir to Islam’s Prophet Muhammad dates back to the seventh century.
Source: AP
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