Key talks on Pakistan Sharia deal (click here)
Officials in North West Frontier Province in Pakistan are meeting to discuss a peace deal with the Taleban that has sparked deep US concern.
The peace deal was intended to introduce Sharia law in some north-west districts in return for an end to the Taleban insurgency.
However, the Taleban have not laid down their arms and are expanding influence....
Emergency leave
...Ahead of the meeting, North West Frontier Province spokesman Iftikhar Hussain said: "Those who took arms must lay them down. Those who went to Buner, they must get out from Buner.
"This is the only way, and we are asking them for the last time...."
The BBC's M Ilyas Khan in Islamabad says the North West Frontier Province government feels it has fulfilled its part of the deal by enforcing Islamic courts in the region but that the Taleban have yet to meet their end of the bargain.
They were expected to lay down their arms and allow police and other officials to resume their duties....
The all too familiar 'motor bike.'
An armed member of the Pakistani Taliban stands on a street in the Buner district, about 100 km (60 miles) northwest of Islamabad April 23, 2009.
BUNER, Pakistan (Reuters) - A Pakistani Taliban commander has ordered his men to withdraw from Buner district, a spokesman said on Friday, amid mounting alarm in the United States and Islamabad over the militants' creeping advance.
Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan said there were around 100 fighters in Buner, a district just 100 km (60 miles) from Islamabad, and less than five hours drive from the capital.
"Our leader has ordered that Taliban should immediately be called back from Buner," Khan told Reuters.
Khan belongs to faction led by Taliban commander....
