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south punjab where the political economy of religious radicalization has taken a life of its own. you can go start a small mosque in the corner. i think pakistan is a few countries you need no license, no registration of any sort if you want to build a mosque or a religious center of any sort. of course, it has to be islamic. try doing -- building a synagogue somewhere. the point is, this political economy of radicalization, also then gives the funding to this phenomenon. so the problem of taliban funding in pakistan is far more serious. when i discuss this with the pakistani military, who i must add has been very open to me when i was doing this research, and i asked them the same question. because i was making case to them, you are always going through kinetic approach. you have no law enforcement backing to tackle these -- to cut the financial links which are linked to the criminal areas an they mentioned, no, we have evidence that indian's also funding it. i said i would like to take it on the face value. where's the evidence? they said you mention about hakani group. "new yo