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| Most of Pakistan's tribal areas cleared from terrorist networks: PM Gilani |
| 2009-01-30 |
| Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Thursday rejected the presence of Al Qaida in Pakistan and said the country's most of tribal areas had been cleared from terrorists. "We are genuinely attacking the targets and the most areas have already been cleared of the terrorists," the Prime Minister said in a meeting with the representatives of world's leading media organizations, held here on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum. Prime Minister Gilani said Pakistan was making serious efforts to ensure peace in the region, adding the world should strengthen Pakistan's law enforcement capacity to enable it better fight the war against terrorism. He said despite the challenges of terrorism, the government was pursuing the policy of dialogue, development and deterrence in tribal areas. The Prime Minister said there was no Al Qaida people present in Pakistan currently, and mentioned that Pakistan paid a great price in the war against terrorism in the shape of more casualties than of the NATO forces. On a question about a predator attack since President Obama was in office, the Prime Minister said that there was no agreement between the US and government of Pakistan to carry out such attacks. He termed the drone attacks as counter-productive which created sympathies for the militants. The Prime Minister said the government had full backing of the nation on its strategy to counter terrorism, and mentioned the successful military actions taken with the support of local indigenous lashkars. To a question, the Prime Minister dispelled the impression that there was a gulf between the civilian government and the army. He said instead the government, army and intelligence agencies were enjoying complete cohesion, adding that Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) was completely running under the Prime Minister. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Ya see any, Mahmoud? Ummmmmmmm...no, sir. Okay, I'll call Gilani. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2009-01-30 14:38 |
| #1 Terrorists are passive when they are in power. |
| Posted by: Slaise de Medici2837 2009-01-30 14:35 |