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Govt fed up with capital onslaughts, vows `never again`

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  ISLAMABAD: After a days-long march by the PTI on thefederalcapital brought the city to a standstill, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday asserted the government would show zero tolerance in the future as he vowed to put an end to the repeated sit-ins and marches on Islamabad for the sake of stability. In an address duringthe meeting of the federal cabinet, the premier said they had to take strict measures to quell such scenes in the future as they could no longer putall their resources and energies into stopping such demonstrations. The PTI rally, after three days, fizzled out last night after a crackdown by the law enforcement. `As a prime minister, the chief executive, [and] as members of the cabinet and parliamentarians... [we] will not let that coterie of anarchy inflict further harm on the country`s economy,` PM Shehbaz added. The recent protest caused Rs190 billion in daily damages to the national economy, affecting the country`s exports and imports, he said, ad...