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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Religious schools in Pakistan agreed Friday to register with the government on condition the process is approved by parliament and they don't have to reveal their sources of funding, a representative of the schools said.
An umbrella group representing 13,500 madrassas met in Islamabad with Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz to resolve a standoff over a government drive to combat Islamic extremism and make the schools more mainstream.
Pakistan renewed a long-delayed campaign to have official oversight of the seminaries after it was revealed that at least one of the suicide bombers in the July 7 attacks on the London transport system visited a madrassa in Pakistan linked to an outlawed militant group.
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