news.bbc.co.uk - 4/7/2009
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Leaders of a religious group in the south of Pakistan have banned women dancers from a traditional spring festival, officials say. Organisers of the festival in the province of Sindh say they have had to cut the 10-day festival to three days as a result of the threats. The clerics who asked the ...
thehill.com - 4/8/2009
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U.S. envoys met with Pakistani leaders on Tuesday
to ensure that the $7.5 billion that President Obama...
plans to send their way over the next five years will be used to achieve common goals in the fight against extremism. But according to a Pakistani ...
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Report: Pakistan rejects U.S. plan, wants drones
timesonline.co.uk - 4/2/2009
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This grainy footage appears to show a 17-year-old
girl being beaten by Islamic radicals in Pakistan s...
northwestern region of Swat, where Sharia law was introduced after the government reached a truce with the Taleban in February. A local Taleban ...
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Video: radicals beat girl, 17, in Islamic stronghold of ...
nytimes.com - 4/3/2009
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan The video shows a young
girl held face down as a Taliban commander whips...
her repeatedly with a leather strap. “Leave me for the moment you can beat me again later,” she screams, pleading for a reprieve and writhing in pain. ...
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Video of Taliban Flogging Rattles Pakistan
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Pakistan festival dancers banned
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... a traditional spring festival, officials say. Organisers of the festival in the province of Sindh say they have had to cut the 10-day festival to three days as a result of the threats. The clerics who asked the dancers to leave the area were accompanied by local police, witnesses said. The group, called the JUI-F, has its main support base in the north-west. But the JUI-F (Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazlur) has been spreading its wings in the south of the country as well. Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7987383.stm
Pakistani Festival Dancers Banned By Religious Group (PHOTOS)
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... An annual Spring festival in Pakistan's Sindh province has been cut short, from 10 days to only three, following threats from a Taliban affiliate group that has recently increased its presence in the region. The threats are specifically directed towards 18 Pakistani female dancers, whose Sufi music and dance performance is a central feature of the festival. Moreover, the clerics issuing the threats are reported to have been accompanied by provincial police, the BBC reports. More from the BBC: ...
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