Extremist groups fixing terms on Pakistan?
A convoy carrying Sufi Muhammad leaves Mingora with
his supporters in Pakistan's troubled valley of Swat.
Taliban put Islamabad on red alert
A convoy carrying Sufi Muhammad leaves Mingora with
his supporters in Pakistan's troubled valley of Swat.
Fri, 10 Apr 2009 23:13:31 GMT
Chief of a pro-Taliban extremist group refuses talks with the Pakistani government until President Zardari signs their proposed Sharia laws.
Sufi Mohammad, the leader of the Tehrik-i-Nifaz-i-Shariat-i-Muhammadi (TNSM) said on Friday that he will not hold direct talks with government representatives until President Asif Ali Zardari gives the go-ahead to the Nizam-i-Adl (Sharia) regulations by April 20, in northwestern Pakistan and Swat valley, a Press TV correspondent reported late Friday.
He said, the TNSM committee during talks with the North West Frontier Province's (NWFP) Information Minister, Afrasiyab Khattak, said that the five-member council of the TNSM assured the government delegation that the peace accord was intact but the federal government has failed to honor its commitment.
The TNSM delegation met with Khattak after Sufi Mohammad refused to hold direct talks with a government team from Islamabad.
Sufi had previously spearheaded a deal with the provincial officials in Peshawar, the capital of North West Frontier Province (NWFP). The peace agreement binds the government to implement Taliban-style judicial system in the Malakand division, which comprises of Swat and its adjoining areas.
The militants have already set up a parallel administration with courts, taxes, patrols and checkpoints in the troubled northwestern region.
A senior minister of northwestern Pakistan, Iftikhar Hussain, says that the president should sign the Swat peace agreement immediately adding that the provincial government has held successful talks with the TNSM chief.
A spokesman of TNSM, Izzat Khan, has warned that the government will be responsible for the situation in case of delay in signing the peace agreement.
The minister told reporters in Peshawar that peace has been established in 70 percent of the Swat valley region and called on all forces to extend help in the peace efforts of the government.
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Sufi Mohammad, the leader of the Tehrik-i-Nifaz-
He said, the TNSM committee during talks with the North West Frontier Province's (NWFP) Information Minister, Afrasiyab Khattak, said that the five-member council of the TNSM assured the government delegation that the peace accord was intact but the federal government has failed to honor its commitment.
The TNSM delegation met with Khattak after Sufi Mohammad refused to hold direct talks with a government team from Islamabad.
Sufi had previously spearheaded a deal with the provincial officials in Peshawar, the capital of North West Frontier Province (NWFP). The peace agreement binds the government to implement Taliban-style judicial system in the Malakand division, which comprises of Swat and its adjoining areas.
The militants have already set up a parallel administration with courts, taxes, patrols and checkpoints in the troubled northwestern region.
A senior minister of northwestern Pakistan, Iftikhar Hussain, says that the president should sign the Swat peace agreement immediately adding that the provincial government has held successful talks with the TNSM chief.
A spokesman of TNSM, Izzat Khan, has warned that the government will be responsible for the situation in case of delay in signing the peace agreement.
The minister told reporters in Peshawar that peace has been established in 70 percent of the Swat valley region and called on all forces to extend help in the peace efforts of the government.
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Taliban put Islamabad on red alert
Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:24:32 GMT
Islamabad has raised the threat level in the Pakistan's capital to red amid fresh threats of terror attack following a recent upsurge in militancy.
Classes and some foreign business services were suspended of Friday in the capital as well as its outskirts as police stepped up security following reports of likely terror attacks.
The unannounced suspension of classes drew parents' and students' ire when they faced closed school doors, Press TV's Nasir Kazmi, reported. Security personnel have also been deployed at schools throughout Islamabad.
Meanwhile, the US embassy said 'routine consular services were suspended' in the Pakistani capital on Friday due to 'heightened security'.
"We advised embassy staff to avoid restaurants, hotels, shopping centers and other public places," embassy spokesman Lou Fintor said.
The security measures follow reports that Taliban have pulled out of a peace deal in the northwest and that the insurgents are approaching Islamabad.
The militants opposed to the Pakistan government's decision to side with the United States in its 'war on terror' have carried out a series of bombings and other attacks that have killed nearly 1,700 people in less than two years.
Much of the violence has been concentrated in northwest Pakistan, where the army has been bogged down fighting Taliban and al-Qaeda militants.
US President Barack Obama in a new strategy has put Pakistan at the center of the fight against the Taliban and al-Qaeda.
Obama said al-Qaeda and its allies were 'a cancer that risks killing Pakistan from within' and warned Pakistan must 'demonstrate its commitment' to eliminating extremists on its soil.
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Classes and some foreign business services were suspended of Friday in the capital as well as its outskirts as police stepped up security following reports of likely terror attacks.
The unannounced suspension of classes drew parents' and students' ire when they faced closed school doors, Press TV's Nasir Kazmi, reported. Security personnel have also been deployed at schools throughout Islamabad.
Meanwhile, the US embassy said 'routine consular services were suspended' in the Pakistani capital on Friday due to 'heightened security'.
"We advised embassy staff to avoid restaurants, hotels, shopping centers and other public places," embassy spokesman Lou Fintor said.
The security measures follow reports that Taliban have pulled out of a peace deal in the northwest and that the insurgents are approaching Islamabad.
The militants opposed to the Pakistan government's decision to side with the United States in its 'war on terror' have carried out a series of bombings and other attacks that have killed nearly 1,700 people in less than two years.
Much of the violence has been concentrated in northwest Pakistan, where the army has been bogged down fighting Taliban and al-Qaeda militants.
US President Barack Obama in a new strategy has put Pakistan at the center of the fight against the Taliban and al-Qaeda.
Obama said al-Qaeda and its allies were 'a cancer that risks killing Pakistan from within' and warned Pakistan must 'demonstrate its commitment' to eliminating extremists on its soil.
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