Pakistan's prime minister meets army chief amid crisis


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  • Tuesday, 26 Aug 2014

Policemen walk past supporters of Tahirul Qadri, Sufi cleric and leader of political party Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT), sleeping under a banner of him, along a sidewalk in front of Parliament House building, during Revolution March in Islamabad August 26, 2014. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif met the country's powerful army chief on Tuesday as a political deadlock over mass protests to demand the government's resignation showed no signs of resolution.

Pakistan has been gripped by peaceful anti-government protests demanding Sharif's resignation this month, with thousands of demonstrators camped outside parliament in a country that has experienced a succession of military coups.

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