3. •Till 1947: Swat was a princely state under
British empire and had its own ruler.
•From 1947-1969: it was governed by royal
class independently, Miangul Abdul Haqq
Jahan Zeb being its last ruler.
4. •From 1969 to 2005: Swat became a part of
Pakistan and was governed by the
Pakistan’s law.Also it saw various
disruptions in this time due to PATA
regulation and other incidents.
•From 2005 to 2011: it was a time of great
chaos, rise and fall ofTaliban.The most
dreadful time in the history of Swat.
5. Rise of a new Legal System.
• The PATA Act was held unconstitutional; there was a lack of
Economic development in Swat.
• The underdeveloped Judiciary and ineffective local govt. was
responsible for the rise of Tahrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) as
a political party in Swat.
• Maulana Fazlullah became the head of TTP’s swat chapter
(TTS).
• In 2009, Pak army signed an agreement over swat with
Taliban and the Taliban took advantage of it and took over
Swat region.
• Pak’s President Zardari, declared the de-facto control of
Taliban over Swat when he signed an ordinance establishing
shariah law over swat.
6. Regime ofTaliban
• The definition of justice became the brutal beheadings,
merciless public floggings and corpses hanging for
days in the main public squares of Swat's capital,
Mingora.
• Fazlullah was then called as Mullah Radio, and his
fathwas were the new law of the valley.
• Only religion was Islam; and other heavy taxes were
levied on other religions.
7.
8. The Backfire
• Pak’s army backfired onTaliban, half heartedly under
pressure of USA.
• The Swat became the land of Drones.
• Mayor of the Swat after the backfire of the Pakistan’s
army against theTaliban, prepared his own lashkar, an
army of 2,500 armed men to defend his village and
nearby areas.
9. Back track of Life
• The life of the people started coming back to normal after
the fall of Taliban; but they initially after fall of Taliban lived
in fear of resurgence of Taliban; but now, they are not living
in fear and life is coming back to normal.
• A 14 year old girl Malala Yousafzai, who fought for the
education for the girls in Swat region and won National
Youth Peace Prize from Pak's PM, Yousuf Raza Gilani., was
shot dead by theTaliban in 2012.
• The laws enacted in Pakistan are again enacted in Swat.
