NWFP comes under Sharia law

Pakistan's North West Frontier Province came under Islamic Sharia law on Tuesday for the first time in the country's 56-year history. The 15-point Sharia Bill went into effect a day after the......

Pakistan: Strict Sharia courts open in Swat

Islamic courts have started functioning in the Taliban stronghold of Swat in north-western Pakistan as per a peace deal signed by the government with militants in the restive region a month ago.......

Pak releases 12 Taliban prisoners in Swat

Pakistani authorities have released 12 Taliban prisoners in the restive Swat valley as a goodwill gesture in the wake of a peace deal signed by the North West Frontier Province government and......

No breakthrough in talks over Swat peace deal

Four days after a peace pact was inked between religious hardliners and the North West Frontier Province government, leading cleric Maulana Sufi Mohammad is yet to make Taliban leaders accept the......