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Posts Tagged ‘Malakand Division’

Terrorists of Swat Take Last Sighs

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Sep 4th, 2009 • Category: Politics

There are some sporadic terrorists attacks in the Maland Division especially around the Mingora city. There were attacks before this success of security forces in the agency, but there is a huge difference.
Before these attacks, terrorists ruled and roamed the Malakand Division. Before these attacks, there were no security forces or police or any administrator [...]



Greed for Power by Taliban

By Mohsin Sehgal • Jun 14th, 2009 • Category: Politics

How foolish and greedy, the Taliban in Swat have proved. They had got an ideal deal out of their militant activities and they had literally succeeded in blackmailing the government, and they had a dream come true and they had their parrallel government in the whole of Malakand Agency, an arrangement they really couldn’t believe.
Intoxicated [...]



What Actually Nizam-e-Adl Regulation Is

By Guest Blogger • Apr 17th, 2009 • Category: Politics

The Nizam-e-Adl Regulation (NAR) 2009 envisages no role whatsoever for the Taliban or the Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) in the running of the new justice system introduced there.
Contrary to the general perception that Swat has been surrendered to the Taliban and different sects of the religion and minorities would be at the receiving end under the new [...]



Precarious and Alarming

By Sher Ali • Apr 14th, 2009 • Category: Politics

If it would be unjust and extreme to say that the Pakistan is teetering on the brink then it would also be an understatement to say that things are normal and there are some problems at scattered places in the country. If you look even casually, you would find that no place has left in [...]



Why Zardari Sucks

By Salman Mugsi • Mar 28th, 2009 • Category: Politics

President Asif Ali Zardari’s actions throughout his careers and now especially in his role as the president are proof enough that his extremely flippant nature and his frivolous levity is whatis getting us to the brink of no-return. Just when the life was returning to the Swat and just when the tribes of Bajaur and [...]