Mohammed Nasim, a senior leader of the Awami League, said the opposition was attempting to shield war criminals.

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Like many Afghans, Nasim had no formal education - he says he did not have the time or the opportunity.

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Nasim Intriri and Walid Balidi, British journalists of Algerian descent, were working on a documentary, the opposition Local Coordination Committees of Syria said.

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Meanwhile, Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Nasim Ashraf was forced to deny that player power led to Lawson's appointment over the more experienced Dav Whatmore.

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"He (Shoaib) will be ineligible to play in Pakistan or to play for Pakistan anywhere else in the world, " said PCB chairman Nasim Ashraf.

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