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| Govt to appoint Qazis in Malakand before 15th |
| 2009-03-02 |
| The government announced on Sunday it will appoint Qazis (Islamic judges) in Malakand Division before March 15 -- a deadline set by cleric Sufi Muhammad earlier in the day. Malakand Commissioner Syed Muhammad Javed told reporters after a meeting with the cleric -- who is negotiating the truce between the government and Taliban -- at the Tableeghi Markaz in the main Swat town of Mingora that Sufi would himself interview the Qazis. The elderly cleric had provided a list of Taliban prisoners that the government is yet to release. "After going through the list and fulfilling the necessary requirements, the government will release the prisoners," he said. |
| Posted by:Fred |