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Stern action if Taliban violate peace deal, says NWFP minister

By Akhtar Amin

PESHAWAR: The NWFP government will not tolerate any violation of the Swat peace agreement any longer, provincial Information Minister Iftikhar Hussain said on Monday.

Talking to reporters after a seminar, the top NWFP government spokesman said his government had demonstrated full sincerity in the promulgation of the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation and had announced the establishment of Darul Qaza to fulfil the demands of Sufi Muhammad and the Taliban for peace in Malakand.

But he warned of stern action and “the use of the second option” against anyone who would challenge the writ of the state.

The minister asked the Taliban to lay down weapons and support the government in its peace initiatives, and told them the government would not tolerate any violation of the agreement in future after the implementation of Nizam-e-Adl.

Meanwhile, NWFP Law Minister Barrister Arshad Abdullah has said that Tehreek-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Muhammadi chief Sufi Muhammad is not authorised to appoint qazis in Malakand division.

“Only the provincial government can appoint qazis in Malakand division, not Sufi Muhammad,” he told reporters on Monday.

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