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Afghanistan/South Asia |
Arrest banned outfits' leaders: PM |
2005-07-22 |
Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Thursday ordered the authorities to arrest the leaders of banned religious organisations and continue the countrywide operation against extremism. Chairing a federal cabinet meeting, Aziz said the institutions and people spreading hatred, sectarianism and militancy would not be tolerated. Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao reviewed briefly the ongoing anti-militancy operation. "The prime minister ordered the operation be continued till the set targets were achieved," sources told Daily Times. Aziz said the government was not against seminaries imparting religious education to students, said an official press statement. The prime minister added that such seminaries were doing a good job. The interior minister told the meeting that around 200 people had been arrested in the operation so far. |
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