The Taliban appeared to be consolidating control in the district, Buner, on Thursday after moving in and establishing checkpoints on last Wednesday. Residents said Taliban militants held a meeting, or jirga, with local elders and the local administration on Thursday. 

President Asif Zardari this week, “fighting a battle for its own survival” says THE ECONOMIST.

In the latest violence 24 people were killed on April 5th in a suicide-bomb attack, calculated to foment sectarian hostility, on a Shia mosque in Chakwal in Punjab province. 

“This concession represents a serious development and reflects both the growing strength of the Pakistani Taliban and the inability of the Pakistani army to conduct successful counterinsurgency operations,” said Senator Jack Reed, a Rhode Island Democrat. 

As Secretary Clinton´s said on Thursday referring to the country’s nuclear arsenal: “You know, we spend a lot of time worrying about Iran — Pakistan already has them ( NUKES ) and they are widely dispersed in the country.”

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