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- ↑ "Welcome to Insurance Association of Pakistan". www.iap.net.pk. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
- 1 2 3 4 Ali, Meiryum (April 21, 2020). "The great life insurance swindle". Profit by Pakistan Today.
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