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January 22, 2002
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Tuesday
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Ziqa’ad 7, 1422
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Action against fundamentalists
Computerization of record
Medical colleges: clarification
Savings schemes
Railways’ performance
Academic Council’s resolution
US treatment of prisoners
Madan’s recorded songs
Absence of senior doctors
Desperate measures
Doctors’ fees
Private TV & radio channels
Steps to improve standard of education
Action against fundamentalists
THE government’s decision to put an end to private Jihadi armies has been welcomed by most Pakistanis, who were greatly concerned at the way in which armies of religious fundamentalist groups have been growing in strength over many years. There is less agreement about the reasons that have prompted that sharp change in state policies.
Many people attribute that change in policy to American and Indian pressure. Such pressure may have helped to push the policy further in recent months. But the actual sequence of events does not support that explanation. The military regime’s measures against Jihadis have long predated the US Afghan War or the Indian war threat.
We can recall that when Musharraf was installed in power, he declared that Mustafa Kemal, the great secularist, was his personal hero. He also attempted to amend the notorious blasphemy law which has been so easily misused
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