Mir Ajam Khan, who came in with a dozen of his armed men, in his brief speech there, gave credit to 'good Taliban' for restoring peace in the area in 2007, the Dawn newspaper reported.
"What is more worrying is that the civilian leadership and Pakistan's powerful security establishment have so far failed to handle the emerging situation in Swat," the report added.
Since the fall of Kabul, no one had challenged the Taliban. Due to Swat's close proximity to erstwhile tribal agencies and Afghanistan, terrorist threats are always looming on critical infrastructure and government buildings.
New Delhi [India], October 21 (ANI): In a veiled attack on Pakistan, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday stressed on the need to achieve a consensus among countries across the world to tackle cross-border propagation of terrorist ideologies through online radicalisation.
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 20 (ANI): Due to the rising power of the Taliban in Afghanistan, Pakistani soil has witnessed a 51 per cent increase in the number of terrorist attacks in the last year, Islamabad-based think tank, Pak Institute of Peace Studies (PIPS) findings revealed on Wedne
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 15 (ANI): That Pakistan is a victim of the war on terror is a frequent talking point of Pakistani officials and diplomats.
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 11 (ANI): Pakistan was never a friend, certainly not an ally, the country has a long record of not just bluntly ignoring western concerns, but also actively breaking its commitments towards the US and the European Union (EU).
Washington [US], October 7 (ANI): The United States has issued a travel advisory to its citizens to reconsider travel in high-risk areas in Pakistan due to terrorism and sectarian violence.
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 6 (ANI): Even after being recognised as a hotspot of terrorism, Pakistan continues to protect Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist Sajid Mir through a maze of red herrings to escape the noose of FATF's greylist, according to an independent Geo-politik blog.
Vadodara (Gujarat) [India], October 1 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in a thinly veiled reference to Pakistan, said that just as India is an expert in information technology, "our neighbour is an expert in international terrorism" and warned that if terrorism is "being done
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 27 (ANI): The re-emergence of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) across the Malakand Division in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has led to disquiet amongst the locals as the province faces law and order challenges on an almost day-to-day basis.
New Delhi [India], September 21 (ANI): Navy chief Admiral R Hari Kumar on Tuesday said that China is still a "formidable challenge" at the border and evolving terrorism is a major security threat for the country.