Pro-Taliban cleric faces treason charges

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Pakistani authorities have brought treason charges against a top pro-Taliban leader for making anti-state remarks in April.

Sufi Muhammad is the father-in-law of Taliban leader Maulana Fazlullah in the Swat Valley.

He is accused of aiding terrorism, sedition and conspiring against the government. In February, Muhammad brokered a peace deal with the Pakistani government to impose Islamic law in Swat.

The deal collapsed in mid-April after Taliban militants infiltrated a district south of Swat.