Elements responsible for the factors leading to the launch of a military operation in Malakand do not deserve any leniency, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif said on Monday.Talking to media during a visit to the Sheikh Shahzad relief camp in Mardan, he said the entire nation shared the grief of the displaced and would not abandon them. He said the Punjab government would extend full support to the internally displaced persons, and directed the PML-N leadership to utilise their resources to minimise the displaced persons' suffering.
The PML-N chief was accompanied by NWFP Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti, Begum Kulsoom Nawaz, MNA Hanif Abbassi, PML-N leader Saranjam Khan, Pir Sabir Shah and former federal minister Azam Khan Hoti. Kulsoom told the gathering the PML-N delegation had come to the refugee camp to convey its sympathies to the affected families. She said they had to expose the real faces of the elements trying to destabilise Pakistan on the behest of foreign powers. She urged PML-N workers to fully participate in relief activities.