TNSM refuses to resume talks with government without Sufi Mohammad

September 3rd, 2009 LAHORE - Pakistan security agencies have arrested three more sons of the Tehreek-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Muhammadi (TNSM) chief Sufi Mohammad. According to The Daily Times, the three men were detained along with their families from Peshawar's Pervaiz Colony.

July 31st, 2009 PESHAWAR - Pakistan Intelligence authorities have started interrogation of theTehreek-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Muhammadi (TNSM) chief Sufi Mohammad and his two sons Rizwanullah and Ziaullah at the Central Prison here, The Daily Times reports. The authorities have not registered any criminal case against Mohammad and his sons, rather they have been charged under the Maintenance of Public Order act (MPO).

July 28th, 2009 PESHAWAR - Tehrik Nifaz Shariat-e-Muhammadi (TNSM) chief Sufi Mohammad would only be tried after adequate evidences are gathered against him, an Awami National Party (ANP) leader has said. "Sufi will be tried only after collection of adequate proofs against him.

July 26th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A radical Islamic cleric who brokered a peace deal with the Taliban in Pakistan and went missing during a military offensive has resurfaced in Peshawar city, media reports said Sunday. Tehreek-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Muhammadi (TNSM) chief Sufi Mohammad was seen Saturday for the first time since the military operation was launched April 26.

July 26th, 2009 PESHAWAR - After being mysteriously declared missing at the start of the military offensive in the Swat and Malakand Divisions, the ehreek-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Muhammadi (TNSM) chief Sufi Mohammad has reportedly resurfaced in Peshawar. A private television channel spotted Mohammad during a TNSM meeting.

July 8th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The subsequent release of Lashkar-e-Toiba's (LeT) chief Hafeez Muhammad Saeed, the hardcore Lal Masjid cleric Maulana Abdullah Aziz, and now the Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammed (TNSM) chief Sufi Mohammad has cast serious doubts over Pakistan's claims that it is seriously acting against the Taliban and other home grown terror outfits, a senior US intelligence official said. The United States is worried and at the same time skeptical over Pakistan's claims about cracking down on certain banned terror outfits.

July 7th, 2009 PESHAWAR - After being mysteriously missing for the past two months, the Tehrik Nifaz-i-Shariat-i-Muhammadi chief Maulana Sufi Mohammad has reportedly resurfaced. A close relative of Sufi Mohammad, Bakht Wahid, claimed that the TNSM chief has arrived here along with his family, but refused to comment on his whereabouts.

June 6th, 2009 RAWALPINDI - The Pakistan Army has claimed that Tehreek-e-Nifaz Shariat Muhammadi (TNSM) spokesman Ameer Izzat Khan has been killed. According to a statement issued by the ISPR, Khan was killed by security forces in a gun battle in the Sakhakot region of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP).

June 6th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's Advisor on Interior, Rehman Malik has rejected reports that the Tehrik-i-Nifaz-i-Shariat-i-Muhammadi (TNSM) chief Sufi Mohammad has been arrested, the Dawn reports. Earlier, the TNSM leaders had said that Sufi Muhammad, his sons Rizwanullah and Ziaullah, TNSM deputy chief Maulana Muhammad Alam, spokesman Amir Izzat Khan and central council member Maulana Syed Wahab were among those who had been arrested by law enforcement agencies.

May 11th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Awami National Party (ANP) on Sunday said it had temporarily stopped communicating with Tehreek-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Muhammadi (TNSM) chief Sufi Muhammad until the military concludes its operation against the Taliban. "There is no contact between our party and the TNSM since the military began its operation.

May 2nd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The talk between the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) government and the Tehreek-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Muhammadi (TNSM) over setting up of Darul Qaza appellate courts have failed to reach any conclusion. The closed-door negotiations held in Timergarah failed to reach any understanding, but both the sides have agreed to discuss the issue in a meeting later, the Daily Times reports However, after the meeting, NWFP Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain, Awami National Party spokesman Zahid Khan and TNSM chief Sufi Muhammad told media persons that the meeting was organised to discuss about the ways to end militancy and restore peace in Malakand.

April 30th, 2009 PESHAWAR - The Tehrik-i-Nifaz-i-Shariat-i-Muhammadi (TNSM) chief Sufi Mohammad has offered to hold talks with the government to establish peace in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP). Addressing a jirga in Maidan region of Lower Dir, Mohammad asked the government to suspend the military offensive being carried out in the region by the Pakistan Army immediately.

April 28th, 2009 PESHAWAR - The exact whereabouts of Tehrik-i-Nifaz-i-Shariat Muhammadi chief Sufi Muhammad, who negotiated the Swat deal with NWFP Government, is not known and is reportedly missing since April 25. The government as well as followers of his defunct TNSM are looking for him for one reason: To start talks to remove the last few remaining hurdles in the enforcement of Nizam-i-Adl Regulation in Swat.

April 14th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Joyous over the implementation of sharia law in Malakand region of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP), the Tehrik Nifaz-i-Shariat Muhammadi (TNSM) chief Sufi Mohammad has said that the law would be extended to other parts of the country too, The Dawn reports. Talking to reporters in Bathkhela, after government's approval to implement the Nizam-e-Adl regulation, Mohammad said the Taliban and TNSM would work together to maintain peace in the region.

April 9th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The chief of Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM), Sufi Mohammad has announced the end of the Swat peace camp to protest against the federal government's non-supporting attitude towards the Nifaz-e-Shariat or the peace accord. He said that though the provincial government is sincere with regard to the peace deal, the federal government is not.