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Pakistan floods: Islamic charities step into government gap

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The worst flooding Pakistan has known in 80 years has killed thousands and left millions stranded. As Asif Ali Zardari's government struggles to get help to all those who need it, Islamist organisations are rushing in to fill the gap, thus strengthening their own influence.

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