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- ↑ Jamali offers to arrange meeting between tribal jirga, Musharraf Daily Times, April 29, 2006
- ↑ http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\04\03\story_3-4-2009_pg7_22 Mir Taj Jamali Passes Away
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