No sacrifice for Nawaz, Benazir: MMA

Published February 16, 2004

OKARA, Feb 15: Punjab MMA president Hafiz Idrees has said they will not offer any sacrifice for bringing Ms Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif back to Pakistan.

Talking to newsmen here on Sunday, he said: "We will not be a party to the conflict between the government and the ARD." He claimed the ARD had not contacted MMA for starting a protest against the government.

STRANGLED: A man who had been missing for the last two months was found murdered in Bongi Ram here on Sunday.

According to details, Abdul Sattar had relations with the daughter of Allah Ditta. Some two months ago, Allah Ditta along with his sons, Rizwan and Mustafa, took Sattar to nearby fields and strangled him to death. Police have registered a case on the report of Sattar's father Falak Sher and are investigating.

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