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Govt. Seeks to Disarm Pakistanis
2 March 2000
Associated Press
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — It became a crime in Pakistan on Thursday to publicly display weapons — no small thing in a country awash in arms, where a rocket launcher can be bought in the open market.
And that's just the beginning, said Interior Minister Moinuddin Haider, whose job it is to bring order to a nation wracked by sectarian violence, ethnic killings and assassinations.
"They will not like it," the retired army general said of militant Islamic groups. "They... (GunPolicy.org)