PAKISTAN. EXECUTION BY TALIBAN UNDER SHARIA

local Taliban in South Waziristan, Pakistan, executed a 25-year-old man under Islamic law (Sharia) for killing a taxi driver. The execution was the first case tried under Sharia in the tribal areas.
Hayat Gul was executed at an undisclosed location in Ladah sub-division of South Waziristan after a Taliban shura (council) found him guilty. “He was a professional car-snatcher - a bad guy,” a shopkeeper in Ladah bazaar said.
Gul had been accused of killing Bilal, a taxi driver, in Wana a month previously. Bilal’s family had appealed to the shura for justice. “Gul pleaded guilty and was allowed to ask for forgiveness from the deceased’s family, which rejected his plea,” said the shura. The execution was carried out by the victim’s father.
Clerics announced Sharia in South Waziristan on March 10. The execution came two days after Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao denied the Taliban presence in Pakistan’s tribal areas.