 The government has kept open the door to negotiations for a political solution to the troubles in Balochistan and Waziristan, but it will not allow “miscreants” to blackmail the state, President Gen Pervez Musharraf said in a meeting with Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Wednesday.
| Looking for a little face to save... |
The government will not allow the “miscreants” in Balochistan and the tribal areas to challenge the writ of the government and attack security forces, the president said in the meeting at Army House. However, he added that talks were still possible, “but we will not let them blackmail us”. He praised the government effort to develop the tribal belt, saying all available resources should be used for this purpose.
| Gonna try and bribe them, huh? |
Gen Musharraf condemned KabulÂ’s accusations that Pakistan is sheltering Taliban militants who are responsible for violence in Afghanistan. Pakistan has deployed 80,000 troops on the border with Afghanistan to stop the infiltration of terrorists, so the Afghan accusations were particularly hurtful.
| The troops are there. They're just trying real hard not to cheese anybody off... |
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