Mr Hasan says that the delay has also impinged on his plans to visit Europe for meetings with other musicians and family contacts.

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Mr Hasan says the onus is on the ISI to show it was not holding him in illegal detention and that its people were not responsible for his death.

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It is not the court's job, says Hasan Askari Rizvi, a commentator, to enter the executive's domain.

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The BBC's Syed Shoaib Hasan in Islamabad says Mr Holbrooke is being seen as a key actor in a new effort to reverse the deteriorating situation on both sides of the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.

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Defence and political analyst Hasan Askari Rizvi says that while the PML-N may improve its standing comparative to the PPP, neither group is likely to win a straight majority out of the 275 seats up for grabs.

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"Sharia law, " the source says Hasan responded.

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In the soccer-ball industry, two-thirds of child workers were part-timers working at home, and 80-90% of those went to school, says Miss Hasan.

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It is a race against time, says its head, Hasan Masud Chowdhury.

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Faisal Hasan, head of research at Global Investment House, a Kuwait investment bank, says room rates have gone up at the best hotels in the Gulf and Middle East.

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