"The Pakistani army is so bogged down now with its campaign against the Pakistani Taliban in the tribal areas, it had no stomach for getting involved anywhere else," said Marvin Weinbaum, a Pakistan expert at the Middle East Institute.
Like most poor cities and rural areas, it has no school foundation.
But some say that in other areas, it is no better than the agency it replaced four years ago, the Office of Professional Standards.
"We have to be sure we don't go down the slippery slope of allowing the government to control areas it has no business controlling, i.e., religious freedom," said Ms. Dewi.
Given the very long tradition of slate mining in these two areas, it is no surprise that the first regulations for roofing slate were developed there.
If you get them on unaffected areas, it's no party.
And while movies account for one-third of viewing on Netflix, Sarandos pointed to new, big budget titles as one area where it no longer makes sense for the streaming service to spend a ton of money — because if you really want to catch the latest blockbuster, you probably already saw it in theaters.
If there is a hurricane warning or watch issued for your area, believe it, no matter where you live.
Long a no-go area, it now draws big crowds after Friday prayers.
In some ways the label Lowlands is a misnomer, for, although this part of Scotland is low by comparison with adjoining areas, it is by no means flat.
