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Tribal Areas falling into Taliban control: PPP |
2007-10-03 |
The Tribal Areas are quickly falling into the grip of the Taliban, who are being allowed to impose their brand of justice, Pakistan PeopleÂ’s Party (PPP) Information Secretary Sherry Rehman said on Tuesday. In an accompanying statement, the PPP condemned the crimes against women by local Taliban, noting last weekÂ’s beheading of an alleged prostitute in Mohmand Agency and the bombing of two girlsÂ’ schools a couple of days ago. Rehman said the government has done an injustice to Pakistan by allowing the Taliban to regroup in FATA and said the people of the region want the same political rights as other Pakistanis. |
Posted by:Fred |
#1 The PPP appears to be moving into an alliance with Mushy's PML-Q. Politics makes strange bedfellows, but the move would allow the General to take off his uniform. Apparently the Punjabis majority has had it with the Pashtos. With the MMA - with only 10% of the last federal vote - marginalized, we could actually see a real War on Terror. As for the Sindh based MQM, members have been killing jihadis and party leadership has long advocated banning Jamaat-i-Islami. |
Posted by: McZoid 2007-10-03 01:39 |