Govt reaches consensus with Taliban on Shariah in Swat

ISLAMABAD—Government and Taliban have agreed on implementation of Shariah law in the restive Swat valley on Wednesday. The government has agreed that the judiciary would act in collusion with Ulema in Swat. Representatives of Maulana Fazlullah and the government were in close contact over the last few weeks that at last struck into the peace deal giving way to the imposition of Shariah. The decision would be implemented in a month time.
NWFP senior Minister, Bashir Ahmad Bilour has said here Wednesday that Shariah-compliant system would be enforced in Swat within one month. Talking to newsmen here, he said that the process of dialogues in Swat was moving ahead fast and by this time two sessions of talks have been held and hoped that all the matters would be finalized in the third phase of talks. Bashir Ahmad Bilour said that the people of Malakand Division wanted enforcement of Sharea and the NWFP government would enforce it in their area within one month. When quizzed, he said that the federal government has withheld NWFP allocation of Rs10 billion of development funds.—Agencies
Taking this stand that the previous government had utilized Rs43 billion funds, Bilour said NWFP Chief Minister, Amir Haider Khan Hoti has gone to Islamabad for holding talks in this regard.