Washington, Apr. 10 : With the Pakistan Government giving its nod to the Taliban demand for Sharia courts in the Malakand region of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), various religious parties are demanding the imposition of Islamic laws across the province.
Leader of a faction of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Sami, Hamidul Haq Haqqani told a US daily that the implementation of sharia would allow the government to establish peace in the region.
Haqqani asserted that Islamic law should be implemented despite the opposite from the US.
London, Apr 10: The 10 Pakistani nationals arrested in the United Kingdom for planning to carry out terror strikes in the country may have exploited the shortcomings in the visa regime as described by a British minister as “the major loophole in Britain’s border controls.”
Islamabad, Apr. 10 : Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari would sign the Swat peace deal only after peace and harmony returns in the region.
Talking to media persons here, Pakistan Information and Broadcasting Minister Qamaruz Zaman Kaira, made it clear that peace must be established in the valley before putting a stamp on the peace accord.
Islamabad, Apr. 9 : A United Nations team is holding meetings with Pakistan Interior Ministry officials and law enforcing agencies on the progress made in the Benazir Bhutto assassination case.
According to The News, the team also discussed the expenses to be incurred on the proposed UN commission tasked with the responsibility of probing Bhutto's murder case.
Sources told Geo News that the initial estimate of the expenses has been made at Rs. 200 million.