Wednesday, September 5, 2007

'Play music in your trucks and face bombs,' Jihadis warn transporters in Pakistan



Unidentified people, believed to be pro-Taliban militants have distributed pamphlets threatening public transporters in Swat district of NWFP from playing music and displaying obscene pictures in their vehicles, failing which their vehicles would be blown up.
Earlier, on Wednesday, unidentified militants blew up six music shops in Ishaq Market and partially damaged 20 nearby shops and three houses after issuing warnings to shop owners in the area to stop their "un-Islamic" business.
Non-government organisations (NGOs) have already shut their offices in the region after receiving threatening letters, while representatives of pharmaceutical companies have stopped wearing trousers in the Swat Valley after the militants warned them to wear local dresses. More...

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