| I think we can see a pattern here: No matter what the Pak government does against terrorists, win or lose, they're still going to surrender. |
Talks between government and the leaders of the banned outfit have accelerated in the last two weeks, officials and TNSM leaders said. TNSM acting chief Muhammad Alam said TNSM leaders wanted their ailing leader released, while the government wanted to implement its proposed SharÂ’i Nizam-e-Adl Regulation.
The proposed new law will repeal the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and high courts in Malakand (including Swat district) to “speed up the justice delivery system in the aftermath of the unrest created by cleric Maulana Fazlullah”.
“TNSM will definitely accept the reforms under which Islamic laws are being imposed,” Alam said. A government official, seeking anonymity, told Daily Times that the government would soon announce the promulgation of the proposed regulation to “deal with the Swat crises politically”. The government would announce several important decisions regarding Swat, he said, including the release of the TNSM chief. He said that a committee formed by the government had recommended that “the Supreme Court and high courts Extension of Jurisdiction to Tribal Areas Act, 1973 (Act XVII of 1973) be repealed and the Federal Shariah Court have an exclusive jurisdiction there.”