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(12 Oct 1999) Mute
These were the scenes on Tuesday in Islamabad following the coup staged by Pakistan's army.
The troops took control of the state media, closed airports and announced that the democratically elected government had been removed after the prime minister tried to fire the powerful army chief.
Pakistan Television's main studio abruptly went off the air after army soldiers were seen leaping over the fence and going inside the building. Soldiers were posted at the gates and no one was allowed inside the station.
It was originally believed that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was inside the television station, but a government official who spoke to The Associated Press as he was leaving the prime minister's home said Sharif was inside the official residence.
Troops went on to cordon off the prime minister in his residence in Islamabad, took over the houses of several other top ministers and seized other government buildings.

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