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| Bajaur TNSM wants Shariah, supports Army presence |
| 2009-02-16 |
| The Bajaur chapter of the Tanzim Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) on Sunday demanded immediate implementation of the Shariah in the troubled Bajaur Agency and in return assured the government of its cooperation to establish complete writ of the state, demanding the Army to stay in the region till reconstruction work was completed. TNSM Bajaur chief Dr Ismail Muhammadi made this demand while reacting to the finalisation of a five-point agreement for enforcement of Shariah in the Malakand division after successful talks between the NWFP government and TNSM chief Maulana Sufi Muhammad. "We assure the government of complete cooperation for a lasting peace and for establishing writ of the state in the troubled agency if people's demand of enforcement of Shariah is met," said Dr Ilyas, son of Dr Ismail Muhammadi, while talking to The News from the Bajaur Agency via telephone. "After people's major demand of the enforcement of Shariah is met, the restoration of peace and purging the area of miscreants will become easier and the TNSM will be in a position to help establish writ of the government," he said. Dr Ilyas, who recently completed his house job after obtaining MBBS degree and is now also working as spokesman for his father, said the TNSM Bajaur chapter is ready to assume the responsibility of restoring peace in the restive tribal agency after enforcement of Shariah. He said the TNSM activists would fully help the security agencies in establishing writ of the government and flushing out troublemakers. "Implementation of Shariah in the Bajaur Agency is the best way to defeat terrorism and deal with the miscreants," the spokesman for the TNSM Bajaur chapter said. "Army is our national asset and we want it to stay in the region till completion of reconstruction work in the area because the recent strife brought large scale destruction to the agency," he said. The government had launched military operation in the Bajaur Agency in August last year, which led to the killing of hundreds of people, both militants and civilians, while hundreds of thousands were displaced from the tiny tribal agency home to 600,000 people. |
| Posted by:Fred |