PESHAWAR: Welcoming the signing of the Nizam-e-Adl Regulation, Maulana Fazlullah-led Taliban on Monday hinted at laying down arms while members of the Tanzim Nifaz Shariat-e-Muhammadi (TNSM) said they would go to Buner district to end militancy.
Talking to The News, spokesman for the Swat militants Muslim Khan said the lawmakers proved that they were brave and Islam-friendly people. “We saw the proof today that our country, the sole nuclear power in the Islamic world with a strong Army, is an independent country,” Muslim said and added that Pakistan would prosper if the rulers started taking decisions independently.
To a question about laying down arms after the signing of the regulation, he said: “We don’t have tanks or other heavy weapons but guns. And from now on our guns will not fire bullets for this end — enforcement of Shariah.” “The purpose for which we are struggling has been achieved, so now it is of no use to pick up arms,” he said. However, when asked to give a clear answer in ‘yes’ or ‘no,’ he claimed they had halted their activities on February 15 but would say ‘yes’ to laying down arms.
Veteran leader of the Awami National Party and former federal minister, Afzal Khan, was still unclear as to who would have writ in Swat — the Taliban or the government. “Two of a trade seldom agree,” he said. “The Taliban have no legal right to take action against anyone, even criminals, as it is the job of the government and it is to be seen whether they abandon that or continue.”
“Those who have held talks with the Taliban are in a better position to say whether they will lay down arms and remain peaceful,” he said, when asked about the Taliban promise to lay down arms after enforcement of Nizam-e-Adl.
Asked if he welcomed the signing of the Nizam-e-Adl, he said the people of Swat valley were interested in peace and if it brought clam, he would welcome it. “When it is ensured that people are not killed, their homes not looted and they are not harassed, I will say it brought peace and will then welcome it. However, it is yet to be seen whether such activities are stopped,” Afzal Khan, who bravely faced militants and did not leave his home due to their attacks, said. He said that even after the peace deal, the militants looted people’s houses.
TNSM spokesman Amir Izzat Khan welcomed the decision of the president to sign the law but he linked peace with the implementation of the law and installation of Qazis, who will have the power to take up all cases. “This historic decision will be remembered for a long time,” he appreciated.
He said that now there would be no violence in the Malakand region and even across the NWFP. “Today (Tuesday) Maulana Sufi Muhammad is arriving here (Batkhela) and we will leave for Buner to evict militants,” Khan said. Kanjur Amn Jirga chief Inamur Rahman also lauded the president for giving approval to the law.
Source: http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=21504
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