Taliban in control of Pakistani regions
"The imposition of emergency in Pakistan has not put any pressure on Taliban in Swat district, who have not only imposed Shariah but also removed the National flags from all government buildings in areas under their control.Read the whole story to see just how complicated things are getting in Pakistan - and if you have access to the excellent Al Jazeera English TV channel, they are doing an incredible job of covering the crisis...
Taliban have taken over police stations in Matta, Khawazkhela and Charbagh. This scribe visited the Matta police station after the imposition of emergency in Pakistan. Taliban there have replaced the Pakistan's flag with their own at the police station after more than 120 soldiers surrendered two days ago." (The News)
"Temporary" emergency law was imposed in Egypt in 1981 to quell a potential Islamist insurgency after the assasination of Anwar Sadat by Egyptian Islamic Jihad (now merged with Al Queda). The state of emergency and suspension of regular consitutional rule remains in full effect 25 years later. Will Pakistan still be under emergency law in 2032?
posted by Tom Gara at 1:22 PM
1 Comments:
True. In fact I saw a picture of a taliban person controlling traffic!
Sadly though this emergency+ will not help the govt with that situation. It's merely a move to curb the media and remove the judiciary's power.
7:52 PM
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