NWFP Home Secretary Badshah Gul Wazir said on Wednesday that Maulana Fazlullah was trying to establish a parallel government in Swat and had established a private force called Shaheen Force consisting of more than 500-armed men.
There are 59 villages in Matta sub division, the stronghold of Fazlullah, who has challenged the government’s writ, Wazir told a press conference here. He said paramilitary forces had been deployed at sensitive areas in Swat to help establish the writ of the government. “Paramilitary forces comprising police, Frontier Corps and Frontier Constabulary contingents will patrol sensitive areas,” he said. He said that no military operation would be launched in Swat because the government “wants to amicably resolve the issue”. He said, however, the forces would come hard on those who resist security forces. He said the Maulana had been involved in several criminal cases and would be dealt with accordingly if he surrendered to the administration. |