Floods press Pakistan to lift NGO bans imposed after bin Laden raid

Calls grow for Islamabad to put aside suspicions, tap funds and expertise

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A man wades through floodwaters at a market in Sehwan, Pakistan, on Sept. 6. Many of the international aid groups that would normally be stepping in to help are barred from the country. © Reuters

ZIA UR REHMAN, Contributing writer

ISLAMABAD -- Flood-plagued Pakistan is under pressure to revisit restrictions on international nongovernmental organizations, which stem from Islamabad's suspicions of their links to the 2011 raid that killed 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden.

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