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HAJI SAINDAD RIND, Pakistan -- It could have been an Arab Spring moment. Taking an apparent cue from the young Tunisian who, tired of the poverty in which he lived, set himself on fire and launched a protest movement around the world, Raja Khan, 23, went to Pakistan's parliament late last month and did the same.
Special Section: Anger in the Arab World
But in a country where poverty and unemployment is more a norm than an exception, the reaction has been muted.
(Watch below a report CBS' "60 Minutes" broadcast earlier this year about how Tunisia's protests ousted a repressive government and spread to other nations)
How a slap sparked Tunisia's revolution
Video: News of the ouster
Video: Tunisia and Facebook"
HAJI SAINDAD RIND, Pakistan -- It could have been an Arab Spring moment. Taking an apparent cue from the young Tunisian who, tired of the poverty in which he lived, set himself on fire and launched a protest movement around the world, Raja Khan, 23, went to Pakistan's parliament late last month and did the same.
Special Section: Anger in the Arab World
But in a country where poverty and unemployment is more a norm than an exception, the reaction has been muted.
(Watch below a report CBS' "60 Minutes" broadcast earlier this year about how Tunisia's protests ousted a repressive government and spread to other nations)
How a slap sparked Tunisia's revolution
Video: News of the ouster
Video: Tunisia and Facebook"
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