...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
, on Sunday, officials said.
"Quite a few suspects who were controllers in one way or the other have been taken into custody," Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan
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Currently the Interior Minister of Pakistain. He is the senior leader of the Pak Moslem League (N) and a close aide to Nawaz Uncle FesterSharif. He is noted for his vocal anti-American railing in the National Assembly. However (comma) Khan told the U.S. ambassador that he was in fact pro-American but he and the PML-N would have to be critical of US actions in order to remain
publicly credible. Khan cited his wife and children's US citizenship as proof, which means he's lying to one side or the other and probably both. He wears a wig, but you probably guessed that. since hair doesn't grow naturally in that shape or texture...
said, adding that the interrogations were "moving ahead in a positive manner." He did not disclose their identities or say how many they were.
Seven Taliban gunnies wearing explosives belts stunned the world on Tuesday by storming into the military run school and slaughtering 148 people, including 132 students. Another nearly 121 students were maimed in the ensuing eight-hour siege of the school, located in an area where many military families live.
The group claims it fights to establish a ruling system based on its own harsh brand of Islam. It has killed thousands over nearly a decade.
The Taliban say they attacked the school in Dire Revenge for an army operation against them in North Wazoo, launched in mid-June. The army says it has so far killed over 1,200 turbans in the operation.
The government bombed the bad boys' hideouts in country's tribal area along the Afghan border in response, and also lifted a ban on the execution of convicted terrorists.
Supporters of political party Pakistain Awami Tehrik (PAT), hold signs to condemn the attack by Tali ...
Over the weekend, it executed six men convicted on terrorism charges.
Two of the convicts were hanged Friday, and another four on Sunday, according to two Pak government officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief news hounds.
All six belonged to local Pak bad boy groups who had turned against the state, and were convicted for involvement in two attempts to assassinate former President
Pervez PervMusharraf
... former dictator of Pakistain, who was less dictatorial and corrupt than any Pak civilian government to date ...
. One was also convicted of leading a bad boy siege of Mighty Pak Army headquarters in garrison city of Rawalpindi in 2009.
Local turbans have threatened attacks to avenge the hanged men.
Khan, the minister, said Pakistain was at war with the bad boys. He appealed to the nation to help authorities in a countrywide crackdown on the krazed killers.