Swat Valley - the heaven turned hell

Residents in Pakistan's northwestern Swat valley are living in fear of armed Talibans campaigning against the government. Despite the presence of thousands of troops, the Taliban remains firmly in control of Swat in Pakistan's northwest. Policemen and common people have been beheaded in the streets, men lashed and schools burnt down under Taliban justice. Some 400 private schools enrolling 40,000 girls have been shut down

Monday, May 4, 2009

Taliban claim responsibility for killing of 2 securitymen

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Updated at: 1855 PST, Monday, May 04, 2009  SWAT: The banned militant outfit Tehrik-e-Taliban Swat has claimed the responsibility for th...

Clashes between security forces, militants in Swat

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Updated at: 2315 PST, Monday, May 04, 2009  SWAT: Two security men have been injured in armed clashes that continued to erupt with inter...

Night curfew imposed in Swat

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Updated at: 1905 PST, Monday, May 04, 2009  SWAT: A night-time curfew from 7pm to 6am has been imposed in Swat valley, Swat Media Centre ...

Swat deal is over: Muslim Khan

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Monday, May 04, 2009 By Mazhar Tufail ISLAMABAD: The Swat peace pact stands dissolved and the militants present in Swat, Matta, ...

Taliban to stay armed as military operations continue

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By Gohar Ali Gohar and Hameedullah Khan Monday, 04 May, 2009 | 03:45 PM PST TNSM spokesman Ameer Izzat reiterated that the govt did...

TNSM rejects Darul Qaza, appointment of Qazis

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Monday, May 04, 2009 Spokesman says provincial government has violated agreed formula By our correspondent BATKHELA: The ...

‘NWFP govt can appoint Qazis, not Sufi’, says Arshad

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Updated at: 1750 PST, Monday, May 04, 2009  PESHAWAR: NWFP Law Minister Barrister Arshad Abdullah has said that the TNSM chief Maulana S...

Confusion at the top and frustration below

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In the national interest Monday, May 04, 2009 Kamal Siddiqi The writer is editor reporting, The News One is never clear of...

Looking beyond Nizam-e-Adl

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Monday, May 04, 2009 Kamal Matinuddin The need for cheap and speedy justice cannot be questioned. The promulgation of Nizam-e-Adl c...

The government remains in a state of denial

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Monday, May 04, 2009 Ghazi Salahuddin We do have people who, in spite of realities that have manifested themselves in recent weeks,...

Consequences of Talibanisation

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Monday, May 04, 2009 Talat Masood The army’s operation against the Taliban in Buner and Dir in close coordination with the police a...

Our man in Washington

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Hit and run Monday, May 04, 2009 Shakir Husain Husain Haqqani has always reminded me of Baldrick from Black Adder because he ...

No need for Constitution in presence of Quran, Sunnah: Sufi

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Monday, May 04, 2009 ISLAMABAD: Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) chief Maulana Sufi Muhammad has said there is no need for...

Tanks guarding a ‘jhuggi’

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Monday, May 04, 2009 The people of this country have been made fools for 60 years in the name of ‘national security’. With every new “G...

Women and the Taliban

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Monday, May 04, 2009 I am quite outraged by Danielle Ali Riaz’s letter on April 30. She seems to be ignorant of our rich heritage and c...
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