Islamic law to be imposed in parts of Pakistan

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^ and it is easier to brainwash a person who has just lost a family member as a 'collateral damage'.

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Warrior race? lol you mean when the Pashtuns have a history of suppressing others. Look at what they have done to Hazaras and the Nuristanis in the 1890's.

Pashtuns are far from the warrior race anywhere lol

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A very Aalsi'ish conclusion.

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Imran Khan was on with Fareed Zakaria on CNN yesterday, and he was in favour of this deal (or surrender). He blamed Pak government, USA (bush & obama) and said nothing against militants. He also said that Talibans were never the terrorists.

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Who knows... But if this is what the people of Swat think is best for them, then who are we to argue. Let them live and die in their fanatic wonderland.

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Pak Army could have choosen to carpet bomb every suspected town with a taliban or his supporter...
This has nothing to do with being warriors, and everything to do with the fact that these warriors hide behind women and children.

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You seem to overlook that though some of them are Puktoons, they are no longer followers of Pukhtoon code of conduct. These criminals beheaded and murdered other Pukhtoon tribal elders and their families who were not subscribing to their criminal ideas. These animals are breaking into the houses of their opposers and butchering women and kids. No Puktoon will do this. Honouring women is an integral part of Pukhtoon system.

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Islamic law is to be administered by government run courts and not illiterate maulvis. The main grievance of the locals was that they could not get decisions from civil courts for years and that caused a lot of problems in the area.

Shariyah is not going to be implemented by Taliban which would lose popular support (if any) if the grievances of the locals are addressed.

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As expected, this looks like a short ceasefire.
Taliban only understand the language of force. It is going to be proven that negotiations is not possible with them.

Jang Urdu Searchable

Killings, kidnappings jeopardise Pakistan Swat truce
6 hours ago
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) — A fragile ceasefire in Pakistan’s insurgency-hit Swat valley was hanging by a thread Tuesday after two soldiers were killed in an ambush and suspected Islamists kidnapped two local officials.
Pakistani troops and Taliban fighters traded accusations about violating a two-week ceasefire in the northwest former ski resort – ripped apart by a brutal insurgency waged by Islamist hardliners trying to enforce Islamic law.
The soldiers were escorting a water tanker in Swat valley’s Matta district when a group of militants fired on them, a security official told AFP.
In the ensuing gunfight, which lasted about an hour, three soldiers were wounded, the official added on condition of anonymity.
“Two of the injured soldiers died later at a medical facility,” the official told AFP on condition of anonymity.
“The militant attack is a clear violation of the peace agreement. The security forces are exercising restraint and complying with the accord,” the military said in a statement.
Muslim Khan, spokesman for Swat militant leader Maulana Fazlullah, said the soldiers were attacked because they moved without giving prior information.
“We had an agreement that whenever the army wanted to move, they should inform us, so that we can alert our men not to feel threatened,” Khan told AFP.
Thousands of Fazlullah’s militants have spent nearly two years waging a terrifying campaign to enforce sharia law in the area, beheading opponents, bombing girls’ schools, outlawing entertainment and fighting government forces.
The sharia deal triggered alarm in the United States, Europe, Afghanistan and India, amid concerns it will embolden militants throughout the northwest, which is rife with Taliban and Al-Qaeda extremists.
Another security official claimed the soldiers were attacked by men loyal to commander Ibne Ameen, who has opposed the peace deal.
Police said that Taliban militants also kidnapped two anti-corruption department officials and their friend while travelling in the district of Mingora, the main town in Swat.
Provincial director of the anti-corruption department Yameen Khan, his deputy Bakht Zada and a companion were abducted, police chief Dilawar Bangash said.
“The Taliban have kidnapped them and we have launched a search in the area,” Bangash told AFP.
The escalating violence came as pro-Taliban cleric Soofi Mohammad threatened to pull the plug on the peace agreement that he negotiated with the government, accusing the military of violating the ceasefire.
Pakistani authorities had already moved Monday to shore up the fragile ceasefire, vowing to appoint Islamic judges by March 15 to head off threats from Mohammad that the agreement was being implemented too slowly.
The truce was jolted Sunday when a paramilitary officer and five bodyguards were briefly kidnapped and soldiers ambushed elsewhere.

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Here is some new which you might have missed … Qazis will run the courts and these qazis will be interviewed by Maulana Sufi Mohammad …

A high ranking government functionary announced on Sunday that Maulana Sufi Mohammad would conduct interviews of qazis and they would be appointed in Malakand region prior to the deadline of March 15 set by him.

The announcement made by the commissioner regarding appointment of qazis is in contradiction to the earlier stance of the provincial government including the Chief Minister Ameer Haider Hoti who had claimed that the qazis would be regular judicial officers functioning in the normal judicial system but would be called qazis in Malakand just like the existing system

DAWN.COM | Pakistan | Comissioner agrees to TNSM?s March 15 deadline

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So its not like these Qazis will be sitting in the supreme or high courts, so what seems to be the cause of khujli here my friend.

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Local courts seem to be the first step ...... with your cooperation they COULD soon be in Supreme or High court ...... after all " What is sauce for goose is sauce for gander" :biggthumb

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Sure, and then go global, starting with our neighbours in the east. We could have a call center too :)

yOuR aTtEnDeNcE PlZ!!!
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Am sure their "supporters" are having wet dreams about it .... but then they haven't met any actual opposition so far. The way their "opponents" have been "surrendering" seems to give them the impression that they can go on ..... but wait till they face some "real" oppsition .... they will go back to the shell they came from :D

So what is your take on the sitaution in Swat or you are just here to "protect" GS .....

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Oh yeah, those weak single pasli nicker walley kulfiz with sticks. Ilaaaaaay!

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Nope they are for the small timers like Kasab … the battle hardened ones can get the profile from their “surrendered” countrymen … think some are still alive … though it has been almost 38 years now :snooty: