Topic: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam
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New to Pakistan's Taliban-heavy tribal areas: political campaigns
Pakistani President Zardari lifted a 64-year ban on political party activity in the federally administered tribal areas, saying the reforms would help defeat the 'militant mindset' there.
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Pakistan grants India 'most favored nation' status
In a sign of better ties between the nuclear-armed rivals, Pakistan granted India 'most favored nation' status.
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Bin Laden wife confined to Pakistan house for 6 years
Bin Laden wife: She and bin Laden's other two wives are being interrogated in Pakistan after they were taken into custody following Monday's American raid on bin Laden's compound
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Pakistan attacks reveal widening split between religious parties and militants
Successive, yet unsuccessful assassination attempts on Maulana Fazl ur Rehman of the group Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl show Islamic militants' growing disdain for even sympathetic political leaders.
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This time, murder of Pakistan minister spurs condemnation from Islamic clerics
Many Islamic clerics criticized the murder Tuesday of Shahbaz Bhatti, a Pakistani Christian who called for blasphemy law reform. Two months ago several hundred lauded the murder of another politician who strongly advocated reform.
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In Pakistan, militant attacks on Sufi shrines on the rise
Al-Qaeda-linked militants are stepping up their attacks on Sufi shrines, possibly as part of an effort to impose a more fundamentalist Islamic practice on the country.
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Pakistan: Do school texts fuel bias?
The curriculum, critics charge, promotes revisionist views and intolerance. Others say they don't see such imbalance.
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