Pakistan's top opposition leader, former Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, expressed concern Monday about a controversial peace deal with Islamist militants but backed off calls he made last month for a "revolution" to topple the government. Unable to contain an insurgency through military force, Pakistan's government agreed last week to let Taliban militants impose sharia, or ... More Detail

The United States said on Monday that the entire international community should join Pakistan in confronting violent extremists like those who now run the Swat valley. Violent extremism needs to be confronted not just by Pakistan but the entire international community,' said State Department spokesman Robert Wood when asked to comment on the situation in Swat. The US, he said, ... More Detail