Peshawar, Mar. 10 : In a bid to sustain its control over the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) before the Taliban start their own Shariat courts in the Malakand division, the provincial government has hurriedly signed the proposed Nizam-e-Adl Regulation, 2009.

Chief Minister, Ameer Haider Khan Hoti has sent the regulation for final approval to President Asif Ali Zardari, The Nation reports.

Peshawar, Mar 8 : The NWFP Government claimed it had made a breakthrough when it handed over 12 Taliban militants to the Tehrik-i-Nifaz-i-Shariat-i-Mohammadi, and assured it that Qazi courts would be set up by March 13. In return, the Taliban said they would allow the reopening of all roads.

The deal was reached at a meeting of representatives of the government, TNSM and the Taliban at the Circuit House in Gulkada.

Peshawar, Mar. 7 : Pakistan's Darra Adamkhel based Taliban has refused to give the body of the slain Polish engineer, Petr Stanczak, and demanded the release of some Talibani militants in exchange for his body.

The Karak Maulana Shah Abdul Aziz led jirga has been seeking return of the Polish engineer's body, but its efforts have proved to be futile till now.

Peshawar, Mar. 7: The Pakistan Government has classified the Taliban into three categories black, gray and white.

The police investigation manual sees black and gray categories of Taliban prisoners as a serious threat to national security, while the ‘white category’ Talibanis are not considered very harmful.

On Friday, NWEF Chief Minister Ameer Haider Hoti announced that the only ‘white category Taliban prisoners’ would be released as part of the peace deal in Swat.

“I have directed the home secretary to look into the cases of those prisoners who are in the white category. We will not free prisoners in black and gray categories,” the Daily Times quoted Hoti, as saying.

Peshawar, Mar. 7: At least eight persons including seven police personnel were reportedly killed when a powerful bomb blast rocked a police check- post in Budhber locality here on Saturday.

According to The News, the blast occurred when a suicide bomber blew himself up near the check-post in the outskirts of the city, killing eight people on the spot besides injuring several others.

Rescue operations were still on till the reports last came in.

Peshawar (Pakistan), Mar. 6: The truce inked between the government in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP) and the defunct Tehreek Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Muhammadi (TNSM) last month in the Swat region, seems to have allowed the Taliban a chance to expand their harsh religious rule, reports the New York Times.

Just days after the truce was signed, a member of a prominent anti-Taliban family returned to his mountain village, having received assurances from the government that it was safe.