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| 'Bombings due to Musharraf's failed policies' |
| 2008-03-12 |
| The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) said on Tuesday that the twin terrorist attacks in Lahore were a consequence of President Pervez Musharraf’s failed policies against Al Qaeda militants. PML-N spokesman Ahsan Iqbal condemned the attacks and blamed military operations ordered by Musharraf for destabilising regions near the border with Afghanistan. “He has carried out indiscriminate operations in the Tribal Areas that have opened up new fault lines in Pakistani society,” Iqbal said. “Unless he [Musharraf] resigns, there will always be a cause for all these groups to carry on these activities,” he told Dawn News. He said that Pakistan needed to find political and economic solutions to combat militancy, adding that dialogue was needed with different groups to bring peace. Carrying out military operations “only to appease foreign powers must stop,” Iqbal said. “The biggest hurdle in addressing this problem is the president himself.” A Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) spokesman, meanwhile, blamed Musharraf’s friendship with the United States. “It [the bombings] started when we started having a friendship with America. |
| Posted by:Fred |