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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - President Gen. Pervez Musharraf on Friday told lawyers protesting his removal of Pakistan's top judge to stay out of politics, as critics and opponents seized on the growing judicial crisis to press for an end to his eight-year rule.
In a speech for Pakistan Day, marked with a parade showing off the nation's military might, the general also urged people to help defeat foreign militants, scores of whom have been killed fighting local tribesmen near the Afghan border this week.
Lawyers have observed a nationwide strike and held rallies across the country since March 9, when Musharraf suspended Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry, Pakistan's chief justice, over allegations that he had abused his authority.
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