 The government has solid plans to counter extremism and terrorism and will go ahead with its endeavours to establish its writ in the area where it has been challenged, NWFP Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani said on Sunday.
| "Oh, yasss! We do intend to assert ourselves! Rilly!" |
Talking to reporters after attending several Frontier Constabulary (FC) cops' funerals, the governor said that elements involved in the brutal killings of FC troops in Hangu would be brought to book.
| "We will probably demand of their jirga that they be required to go to a mortuary and look at dead people, in the hope this will shock them into more civilized ways. They say they are having great success with this approach in Britain!" |
He said that unrest in Tribal Areas has direct bearing on peace in other parts of the province. He added that the government was ready to meet the challenge of establishing peace in the country.
| "Surely once we've given them all they want they'll leave the rest of us alone?" |
To a question, the governor said that operation against criminals would continue in the Tribal Areas until it achieved the desired results. Earlier, an FC contingent presented guard of honour to the coffins of martyred troops. |