Pakistani tribal leaders asked the central government for an extension on a Tuesday deadline to turn over tribesmen allegedly harboring al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters in the region, Agence France-Presse said. ``A delegation of tribal elders asked us to extend the deadline as they have raised their own lashkar (tribal force) to take action against wanted tribesmen,'' Rehmatullah Wazir, a local administration official in the border region with Afghanistan, told AFP. Wazir didn't say how much of an extension the tribal leaders wanted, saying a government decision on the request would probably come tomorrow. The leaders also asked for permission for members of a tribal force to carry weapons into villages where tribesmen suspected of hiding the fighters might be located, AFP said.
| I guy's going through his late grandfather's belongings and happens to find a dry-cleaning ticket in the inside pocket of an old suit. He has a look at it and notes that it's dated November, 1936. As a goof, he goes into the dry cleaning establishment and says he's there to pick up his grandaddy's suit. The old guy behind the counter looks at the ticket, looks through his stack of papers, then says "It won't be ready until Thursday!" |
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