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| NWFP seeks three months for implementation of Islamic law |
| 2008-05-28 |
| The North West Frontier Province (NWFP) government has sought three months from the Swat Taliban for the implementation of Shariah law in Malakand division, under the amended Shari Nizam-e-Adl Regulation 1999. “The provincial government is amending the Shari Nizam-e-Adl Regulation 1999. It will take some time and thus the government has sought three months time from the Swat militants for implementing Shariah law in Malakand division, with an aim to end unrest there,” NWFP Senior Minister Rahimdad Khan told Daily Times on Tuesday. In the recently agreed peace accord, the provincial government had committed to implementing Shariah law in Malakand within a month. People’s demand: Rahimdad Khan, who was a member of the government committee that engaged the Taliban in peace talks, also said the government had agreed to implement Shariah in Malakand not only because the Taliban had demanded it, but also because it represented a demand from the people of the area. The senior minister said the NWFP government would make about 30 changes to the Shari Nizam-e-Adl Regulation 2008 draft, which was sent by the provincial caretaker government to the president for approval before the February 18 general elections. He said that the provincial government had taken out the caretaker government’s proposal of repealing the jurisdiction of superior courts (Supreme Court of Pakistan and Peshawar High Court) in the Provincially Administered Tribal Areas (PATA). NWFP Law Minister Barrister Abdullah confirmed, during a press briefing at his office, that the NWFP government had not yet sent an amended Shari Nizam-e-Adl Regulation 1999 draft to the president for approval. |
| Posted by:Fred |