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President Zardari announces establishment of army base in Swat
[Geo News] President Asif Ali Zardari, in a televised address to the nation in the wee hours of Friday announced to set up a military base in Swat besides increasing the salary of the soldiers presently fighting the militants.Paying tributes to the army personnel, the President said Pakistani troops are rendering supreme sacrifices in the battle zones. "Our army officers have laid down their precious lives fighting against the Taliban for the sake of nations' survival and for state's sovereignty." He termed the ongoing army offensive against the militants in Swat and Malakand Division as the 'war of Pakistan's survival'. "We are waging war against those suspected extremists who want to impose their agenda on us through use of force", the President asserted adding, "the so-called Taliban are actually against the dissemination of knowledge and pursuit of education as they have torn down many schools and colleges". President Zardari said they were Taliban who assassinated Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto besides killing scores of innocent people. He said the militants martyred the religious scholar Dr. Sarfaraz Naeemi. They commit all these crime in the name of Islam and tarnishing the name of our religion. "The whole nation is united against Taliban, including children," he said. Posted by: Fred 2009-06-13 |
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