Pakistan

Taliban captures new areas in NWFP’s Buner District

PakistanIslamabad , Apr. 9 : Expanding its activities in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) of Pakistan, armed militants have reportedly entered new areas of Bagra and Kalabatt in Buner.

They have taken Kalabatt village Bagra police post and a government school under their control, and people have started fleeing from the region in search of safer places, the Dawn reported.

Taliban captures new areas in NWFP’s Buner District

PakistanIslamabad , Apr. 9 : Expanding its activities in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) of Pakistan, armed militants have reportedly entered new areas of Bagra and Kalabatt in Buner.

They have taken Kalabatt village Bagra police post and a government school under their control, and people have started fleeing from the region in search of safer places, the Dawn reported.

Ethnic leaders' killing sparks protests in south-western Pakistan

Ethnic leaders' killing sparks protests in south-western Pakistan Islamabad  - Street protests erupted in south-western Pakistan on Thursday after police found the bodies of three missing nationalist leaders, officials said.

Groups of angry protestors blocked roads and stoned buildings and vehicles in different towns in the restive Balochistan province in a reaction to the killings.

A police patrol discovered the mutilated bodies of the Baloch leaders before dawn near the town of Turbat, Ayaz Baloch, a senior police officer, said.

Now, “draconian” Taliban bans divorce and “snuff” in FATA

Now, “draconian” Taliban bans divorce and “snuff” in FATAIslamabad, Apr. 9 : The increasing influence of the Taliban in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan can be judged from the fact that it has now established an FM radio station in the Darra AdamKhel region to air its own set of rules.

In the first of the announcements made from the illegal radio station, the Taliban has banned divorce without their consultation, and also barred people from using naswar (snuff), The Nation reported.

ICC mulling year/six month ‘cooling period’ before Pak ICL players return to national team

ICC mulling year/six month ‘cooling period’ before Pak ICL players return to national teamLahore, Apr. 9 : Pakistani ICL players may have been thinking of making a comeback to the national squad after they announced their readiness to terminate their contracts with the league, but it could take a year or six months of a `cooling period' before it could really happen.

US says elimination of extremists in FATA by Pak ‘critical’

US says elimination of extremists in FATA by Pak ‘critical’Washington, Apr. 9 : The United States has expressed concern over reports of Taliban taking new areas under their grip in Pakistan, and has termed the issue of existence of extremist elements in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) as `critical'.

Addressing media persons here, the US State Department spokesperson Robert Wood said: "Certainly, in terms of dealing with extremism, extremist elements that are operating on Afghanistan's border, in the FATA, this is a very complex issue."

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