Peshawar

Regular courts stop operating in Buner fearing Taliban attack

Regular courts stop operating in Buner fearing Taliban attackPeshawar, Apr. 23 : With the Taliban gaining grip in the region, regular courts in the North West Frontier Province's Buner area have stopped their operations fearing retaliation by the extremists.

The Daily Times reports that people are avoiding filing petitions for addressing their grievances.

Pak Taliban warns lawyers against appearing in ‘un-Islamic’ courts

PakistanPeshawar, Apr 22 : The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has warned Shangla district lawyers of serious consequences if they continued to appear in un-Islamic courts (civil and district courts) from Wednesday.

“Lawyers are warned through this notice not to appear before civil and district courts,” a member of Shangla District Bar Association (SDBA) quoted the letter, as saying.

The lawyers have suspended a bar election scheduled for April 30 due to the letter, he said on condition of anonymity.

Suspicious car enters Peshawar University

Suspicious car enters Peshawar UniversityP

Taliban advance deeper into Pakistan

Taliban advance deeper into PakistanPeshawar (Pakistan), Apr. 17 : The Taliban have advanced deeper into Pakistan by engineering a class revolt that exploits profound fissures between a small group of wealthy landlords and their landless tenants, according to government officials and analysts here.

According to a New York Times report, the strategy has cleared a path to power for the Taliban in the Swat Valley, where the government has allowed Islamic law to be imposed this week.

The militants have organized peasants into armed gangs and told them to act as shock troops, the residents, government officials and analysts said.

Pak Taliban still in control of several areas in Buner

Pak Taliban still in control of several areas in BunerPeshawar, Apr 16 : Pakistan Taliban militants are still holding several areas of Buner, carrying out armed patrol to keep up a campaign for recruiting fighters, and having no impact of the enforcement of Nizam-e-Adl Regulation, as demanded by their Swat counterparts.

The repetition of Swat-like scenes could now be seen in parts of Buner district as barbers displayed "shave is banned" papers at their shops while tailors put notices inscribed with "sewing of un-Islamic dresses is prohibited."

Pak Taliban to disarm only after enforcement of Sharia in Swat

Pak Taliban to disarm only after enforcement of Sharia in SwatPeshawar, Apr 15 : Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan spokesman Muslim Khan has said that their men would surrender arms only after they see Sharia enforced in Malakand division of the Sawt Valley, after TNSM chief Sufi Muhammad has asked them to lay down arms after President Asif Zardari approved the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation.

"The Taliban should lay down weapons after the signing of the Sharia regulation by the president," Sufi said while talking to reporters.

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