Peshawar, Jan. 26: Minutes after Pakistani political leaders appealed the Taliban to lay down their violent methods in Swat valley and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) to solve their differences through dialogue, the Taliban has announced a list of 43 people - including former and incumbent ministers - who they have declared `wanted' and liable to punishment under the Taliban law (sharia).

The announcement was made by Mullah Fazlullah, the Talibani cleric, on his FM radio channel, The Daily Times reports.

Peshawar (NWFP, Pakistan), Jan. 26 : At least 278 families in the North West Frontier Province's (NWFP) Upper Dir district have refused to let their children be given anti-polio medicine, describing the drops as ''un-Islamic''.

They have accused the district and health authorities of spearheading a campaign to vaccinate children against the disease as a conspiracy.

Peshawar, Jan. 23 : A shocking vehicle snatching incident on the main Peshawar-Bara road has brought up the issue of an unclaimed territory between Pakistan's settled and the tribal areas.

Muhammad Rafiq was driving his flying coach carrying aboard female schoolteachers, when four armed masked men stopped him at Bajri stop on Peshawar-Bara Road, dragged him out, got all the teachers off and drove away the vehicle, The News reports.

Peshawar, Jan. 22: Tehrik-I Taliban Pakistan has denied that its commander Abdul Ali, alias Omar Khalid has been killed in a military strike in Mohmand Agency.

Reports said commander Abdul Ali, alias Omar Khalid, was killed in last night's military offensive in Mohmand Agency, while his second-in-command Shakil had been injured.

The Daily Times reported that Khalid's house was destroyed in the operation while he was inside.

"Omar Khalid is alive and we shall present him before the media in a day or two," a Taliban commander said.

Peshawar, Jan. 22 : Jumping into the politics being played in the country over the terror hit Swat and FATA region, the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) has offered to play the role of mediator between the government and the militants, but only after the authorities accept its list of demands.

Peshawar, Jan 22 : Pakistani security forces have arrested seven militants during a raid on a militant hide-out in Peshawar, including a senior al Qaeda operative allegedly involved in the July 7 bomb attacks in London in 2005.

The arrested militant, Zabi ul-Taifi, was among seven fighters surrounded by Pakistani forces as they met in a house on the outskirts of Peshawar, The Telegraph reported.