Washington, Feb. 25: Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmmood Qureshi has explained that last week's Sharia-deal between the Pakistan Government and the Taliban is a "local solution to a local problem."
"The logic behind this agreement is a local solution to a local problem, which is quick dispensation of justice. It is not any appeasement towards militants," the Daily Times quoted Quershi, as saying after meeting his Afghan counterpart Rangeen Dafdar Spanta here on Tuesday.
Islamabad, Feb. 25: The Swat peace deal may be seen as an initiative to bring peace in the insurgency ravaged valley, but experts feel that the outlawed militant groups such as the Taliban and Al-Qaeda opted for the truce because they wanted to focus, and prepare themselves for what may be a final assault on them by the allied forces in Afghanistan in near future.
Lahore, Feb. 25: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif has said that he won't demand anything from the government in the next five years if President Asif Ali Zardari reinstates all sacked judges.
Lahore, Feb. 25: The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has termed the tribal areas along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border as the `main threat of global terrorism'.
Washington - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will meet Pakistani Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Tuesday as part of a strategic review of the situation in Afghanistan.
