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| 'Taleban law' blocked in Pakistan | 'Taleban law' blocked in Pakistan |
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| Pakistan's Supreme Court has blocked a fresh attempt to enact a Taleban-style law to enforce Islamic morality in North West Frontier Province (NWFP). | Pakistan's Supreme Court has blocked a fresh attempt to enact a Taleban-style law to enforce Islamic morality in North West Frontier Province (NWFP). |
| The court instructed the provincial governor not to sign the bill, which is oppsed by President Pervez Musharraf. | |
| North West Frontier Province, which is governed by an alliance of religious parties sympathetic to the Taleban, passed the legislation last month. | North West Frontier Province, which is governed by an alliance of religious parties sympathetic to the Taleban, passed the legislation last month. |
| Last year a similar bill was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. | Last year a similar bill was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. |
| Correspondents say it is very rare for a bill passed by a provincial assembly to be challenged twice in the courts by the federal government. | Correspondents say it is very rare for a bill passed by a provincial assembly to be challenged twice in the courts by the federal government. |