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RESTIVE PAKISTAN (3#) -

Glammed Up: Mullah Omar
has undergone a makeover!

He now sports shades and a more neatly
trimmed beard. Not turbanized anymore either.

According to a former Taliban associate, the Monocular One has been leading Friday prayer services at the mosque next to the medical clinic in Quetta's Saleem plaza. The Tally Pal did not disclose whether O still rides his motorcycle.

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The long-haired jihadis who were threatening merchants in the bazaars of Peshawar have vanished in the wake of the government's demonstration of force in the area, according to some reports.

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Sorting Them Out: A NWFP Minister explained that the recent action was not against Taliban, but was "against the criminals who were challenging writ of the government."

Pakistani government officials have been trying to clarify their Law and Order policy so that the public and the miscreants understand what the boundaries are. The focus is on transgressive behavior, regardless of belief system or credo.

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