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Swat: Paradise Lost

Swat Valley located in the NWFP region of Pakistan has turned into a strong hold of Taliban in Pakistan. Zardari adminstration now negotiating a peace deal with Pakistani Taliban leaders to implement Sharia law in Swat in exchange of a truce

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The Landlords of Defence To Pakistan's Defense

Salim Chauhan Jul 7, 2009   interacts: 160

God bless General Naseerullah Babar, Benazir Bhutto, and the rest of them for sowing the seeds of the carnivorous plant that we now face in Swat, Buner, Dir, and, now, from what I hear, Saidu Sharif.

Hangman and the Priest

Ibrahim Malick Apr 27, 2009   interacts: 6

It is not enough that Jamaat-e-Islami does not win votes. Their ideology has hijacked our entire parliament, our entire nation.

Truce Or Capitulation?

Ibrahim Khan Feb 26, 2009   interacts: 6

These Talibs, like cancer that spreads deep in the body, are now not only in Swat, but everywhere else too. In Peshawar and Islamabad and Lahore there is a palpable feeling that the evil is lurking somewhere in the shadows watching.

Islamic Justice or Talibanisation of Pakistan

Syed J Hussain Feb 24, 2009   interacts: 75

The Swat agreement between the provincial government of NWFP and the Taliban led by Maulana Sufi Mohammad is of greater significance than what the government has perceived.

In Honor of the Heroes of Swat

Afzal K Shinwari Feb 18, 2009   interacts: 32

Despite being targeted a number of times by the Taliban in Swat, he has refused to leave his hometown. He, along with his near and dear ones, continue living and defying the militants.

The Nightmare Must End

Beena Sarwar Feb 10, 2009   interacts: 386

Today, Pakistan bears the brunt of the Taliban fallout, thanks to short-sighted Pakistanis and Americans who thought routing the Taliban militarily in Afghanistan would ‘root out the evil’.

In memory of the Swat valley

Kamal Siddiqi Feb 10, 2009   interacts: 12

One has to go no further than the Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar to hear the tales of woe of the people of Swat and other parts of the NWFP.

In Search of Political Will: Fight Against Militants in Swat

Khalid Bhatti Feb 9, 2009   interacts: 86

Not only the state of Pakistan has the right to take arms against these elements but rather has a duty to curb these elements with all of its might.

Swat Calls For Civil Society to Act

Zubair Torwali Jan 7, 2009   interacts: 135

Government writ is a faded vision; elected councilors and Nazims are killed, women no more allowed to visit bazaars; markets are deserted, police stations vacated.

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