Pakistan round-up
NZPA-Reuter Islamabad Troops yesterday rounded up potential troublemakers after the military ruler of Pakistan, General Zia-Ul-Haq, called off a General Election scheduled for this month. The arrests were made ini the southern province of; Sino, home of the deposed! Prime Minister, Mr Zulfikarl Ali Bhutto. No official figures were available. but reliable sources put the number at about 80, mainly supporters of Mr Bhutto’s Pakistan Peoples Party. General Zia. in a nation-1 wide broadcast on Saturday! announced that the election! set for October 18 had been! postponed indefinitely, and : imposed a ban on all political activity. Pakistan appeared to take the decision calmly. Army! patrols were reinforced in the main cities, but no incidents were reported. As political parties pulled! down their campaign flags and banners, prices on the Karachi stock exchange jumped considerably.
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