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Pakistan’s Political Paralysis

Hawaiʻi Public Radio | By Bill Dorman

Published August 29, 2014 at 11:43 AM HST

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Thousands of protestors remain camped outside Pakistan’s parliament building in the capital of Islamabad. Demonstrations have been going on for two weeks against the current prime minister. HPR’s Bill Dorman has more in today’s Asia Minute.

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