Pakistan Says Militants Won’t Govern Areas Under Islamic Law

[Coventina]

Source: Bloomberg

April 21 (Bloomberg) -- Pakistan’s authorities won’t allow militants to govern the seven districts of the North West Frontier Province where Islamic law has been imposed.

“We will not allow the militants to challenge the writ of the government,” Sardar Hussain Babak, a minister in the provincial cabinet, said by telephone from Peshawar today. “Administrative control will still be with the provincial government.”

The Taliban have captured some houses in the district of Buner, where they are patrolling the streets, preventing the government from functioning and frightening residents, Babak said.

The drive into Buner brings the Taliban to within about 110 kilometers (70 miles) of Islamabad, their closest approach to the capital with organized ground forces in the five years since they began fighting the government for territorial control.



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Uh, Pakistan, apparently you are unaware of this but, they already do!

[YDogg]

1. yeah, right!

[Igel]

2. Yes.

In many respects, the government functionaries are writless.

Or perhaps I should call them dysfunctionaries?

[ohio2007]

3. Swat's Taleban expand operations ( they are laying down the sharia law)

Wait....

didn't the "peace deal" have the taliban stop carrying and brandishing weapons in public?

No?

oh

Taleban militants operating in Pakistan's Swat region who agreed a peace deal with the government have expanded operations into nearby Buner. Dozens of militants have been streaming into bordering Buner to take over mosques and government offices.

snip

Under the deal the Taleban were expected to disarm.



http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8010148.stm