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Islamabad April 24. Pakistan has ordered all banks and non-banking financial institutions in the country to freeze the accounts and assets of three militant groups accused of having links with the terrorist-suspect, Osama bin Laden.

The State Bank of Pakistan issued a circular to all banks today asking them to freeze the accounts and assets of the Asbat al-Ansar, the Salafist Group for Cal and Combat and the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, a report in the website of the Pakistani daily, `The News', said. — PTI

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