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Government to set up Sufi Advisory Council – Dawn News

ISLAMABAD: The government on Sunday announced setting up of a 7-member ‘Sufi Advisory Council’ (SAC) with an aim to combating extremism and fanaticism by spreading Sufism in the country.

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Terror Tactics

While the military may be taking on the Taliban in terms of might, extremists are also stepping up their propaganda warfare. By spreading well-choreographed messages, their influence seems to have grown considerably stronger than they actually are. DawnNews correspondent Arshad … Continue reading

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Snapshots from South Asia – Dawn News

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When “night Harry”met “morning Sally.”

With So much talk surrounding sleep cycles and sleeping patterns. I wonder how important sleep is to our well being and nature. Notions such as“Darker outlook for night owls” Suggest hitting the sack early may be good for your mental … Continue reading

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NWFP announces cash rewards for Fazlullah’s arrest

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday offered a cash reward of five million rupees for the arrest of radical cleric Mullah Fazlullah, the architect of a Taliban uprising in the Swat valley. Dawn News

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TTP claims Lahore bombing, threatens more attacks

PESHAWAR: Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility on Thursday for a suicide gun and bomb attack in Lahore the previous day that killed 26 people and wounded over 100.

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Suicide car blast in Lahore kills 23

LAHORE: Gunmen detonated a car bomb near police and intelligence agency offices on Lahore’s Fatima Jinnah road Wednesday, killing 23 people and wounding more than 100, officials said.

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Nawaz, Shahbaz can contest elections: Supreme Court

ISLAMABAD: Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is all set to return to parliament, after nearly ten years ,when the Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned its own verdict of February this year which had barred the Sharif brothers from contesting elections.

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Tensions brew in Balochistan as countless Missing

‘It was a white car. My face was covered with a black mask so I could not see and my hands had been tied… they began beating me up instantly,’ recalls Adnan Baloch, who was picked up in Quetta on … Continue reading

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Pakistan Four strengths to build on ~

On the eve of September 11, 2001, the country was a pariah state under a military ruler — impoverished, bankrupt, a source of proliferating nuclear technology and a state using jihadis to further its regional territorial interests.

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