The Taliban on Sunday refused to lay down arms and decribed weapons as "ornament of the Muslims".
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Sunday , 3 May '09
A newspaper has reported that Taliban militants were holding 2,000 people hostage in Buner district.
Saturday , 2 May '09
Top Pakistani officials are sharing tightly guarded secrets on its weapons programme with western countries so as to dispel fears over their security.
Saturday , 2 May '09
Pakistan dismissed the unhappiness expressed by India about the Taliban imposing tax on Sikhs and demolishing their homes in the restive tribal belt.
Friday , 1 May '09
India said that it had taken up the matter of treatment of minorities in that country with the government in Islamabad.
Friday , 1 May '09
Pak forces pushed tanks into action to break stiff Taliban resistance in parts of Buner killing seven militants, even as the outfit kidnapped and took ten paramilitary soldiers prisoners in Dir.
Thursday , 30 April '09
Pakistan was reported to be moving troops from its border with India to boost its military campaign against Taliban in the restive NWFP.
Thursday , 30 April '09
Kinnaird College, which is among Lahore's oldest educational institutions, has imposed the strict dress code after 'Govt notification'.
Thursday , 30 April '09
Taliban militants demolished 11 homes of members of the minority Sikh community in Paki's tribal region after they failed to pay 'jiziya' tax.
Wednesday , 29 April '09
Pamphlets warning media houses were found scattered at the office premises of several TV channels and newspapers reporting on developments in the region.
Tuesday , 28 April '09
Pakistan’s Minister for Interior Affairs Rehman Malik said that nearly 450 militants were reportedly holed up in Buner and security forces killed 70 militants in Lower Dir.
Tuesday , 28 April '09
Fatima Bhutto, the fiery niece of slain former Pak premier Benazir Bhutto, has asked the world community to 'stop funding my failing state'.
Tuesday , 28 April '09
Top leaders of the Tableeghi Jamaat have denounced religious extremism, militancy, terrorism and the enforcement of Shariah law at 'gunpoint' in Pakistan.
Tuesday , 28 April '09
Pakistan's foreign minister asked US officials not to panic over Taliban advances along Pakistan's border with Afghanistan.
Monday , 27 April '09
Helicopter gunships pounded Taliban hideouts, as Pak security forces in intensified operations killed over 50 militants in NWFP, putting the recent peace deal reached in jeopardy.
Monday , 27 April '09
The Taliban has threatened to take revenge from the villagers of the Buner region who had formed ‘Lashkar’ to prevent them advancing further in the region.
Monday , 27 April '09
Several groups on popular social networking website Facebook against the Taliban, who are forcing their "brand of Islam" on Pakistanis.
Monday , 27 April '09
The open warning about Pakistan’s democratic set-up caving-in to hands of extremists has added to the panic in the region, says 'Washington Post'.
Saturday , 25 April '09
Pakistan should focus on militancy within its borders instead of worrying about India's presence in Afghanistan, US Special Envoy Richard Holbrooke has said.
Saturday , 25 April '09
A convoy of seven army trucks was stopped by armed Taliban militants at Qambar, a small town near Mingora, the main city in Swat valley, witnesses and Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan said.