 Interior Minister Lt Gen (r) Hamid Nawaz Khan claimed on Wednesday that IndiaÂ’s top spy agency, the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), was involved in terrorist activities in Pakistan.
| "Yeah. We can tell it's them from all the turbans and Korans that are involved." |
The government has broken the back of terrorists and their activities have been confined to the Tribal Areas, Nawaz told a press conference here.
| If you define the "Tribal Areas" as including Karachi and Rawalpindi and Lahore. And Barcelona... |
Government forces and militants in the Tribal Areas have been fighting each other after the September 2006 government-Taliban peace pact collapsed in July last year. “A large number of terrorists have been arrested with the help of the army and other law-enforcement agencies. Many other have been either killed or driven out of the country,” Nawaz said, adding that militants were surrendering or fleeing the Tribal Areas.
| "Many others we've surrendered to." |
The minister was satisfied with security arrangements made for the month of Muharram and Monday’s parliamentary elections. Unfortunately, he added, 18 people were killed and 186 injured in clashes between rival political parties. “Other than this, no major violence incident took place,” he said.
| "18 deaders? In Pakistain? Barely to be noticed." |
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