Islamabad - Pakistani security forces imposed a curfew in the volatile north-western valley of Swat Wednesday as pro-Taliban militants targeted security checkpoints and government buildings, officials said.
Violence has resurged in recent weeks in Swat, about 300 kilometres north-west of Islamabad, after Islamist militants resumed attacks on security officials despite a two-month peace agreement.
The round-the-clock curfew would remain in force until further orders, said Major Mohammad Farooq, an Army spokesman in the area.
The curfew was declared after a spate of attacks in which militants blew up a state-owned hotel and an Army guesthouse in Pakistan's only ski resort of Malam Jabba. The abandoned hotel was also torched last month.
Washington, July 30 : The United States and Pakistan need to break new ground on their counter-terrorism efforts along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border if they wish to sustain their post 9/11 partnership, an expert on South Asian affairs has said.
Journalists accompanying Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani are a furious lot as they were made to wait for 6-8 hours at the Andrews Air Force Base on Sunday afternoon, and also because some of them were not invited to the dinner hosted by Pakistan ambassador in Washington Hussein Haqqani, despite the fact that money was spent lavishly in decorating the venue and giving expensive floral bouquets to the quests.
Washington, July 30: Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani’s coalition government seems to be “too weak to act” as the country is seen grappling with internal disputes, and is weighed down by the pressures of a fast souring economy, says a report in the Time magazine.
July 30: PML-N leader and former Pakistan premier, Nawaz Sharif has said that he would meet PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari in the next few days to hold the final round of talks over the issues of judges’ reinstatement and impeachment of President Pervez Musharraf.
