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| Terrorists regrouping outside Peshawar, says Iftikhar |
| 2010-08-23 |
| Terrorists are regrouping outside Peshawar, the Tribal Areas and the flood-hit areas, and the federal and provincial government should launch an immediate action against them, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain said on Sunday. He made these remarks while addressing a press conference. "Terrorists are joining the flood victims. They are posing as flood affectees and regrouping in the flood-hit areas," the KP information minister said. He informed the media that terrorists had been getting the sympathies of the flood affectees by carrying out relief activities outside Peshawar and other areas of the flood-hit province. Iftikhar demanded that the government should launch an immediate operation against terrorists or they would become a grave danger for the country and the entire world. The KP information minister said that terrorists had been trying to create a "parallel system of governance". He informed the media that if the government did not take immediate action against terrorists, the province might have to face dangerous consequences. Iftikhar said that a couple days ago, 200 terrorists had attacked the security forces in Peshawar from the Tribal Areas but the forces had foiled their attack. Regarding the construction of the Kalabagh Dam, the KP information minister said that it was a "dead horse" and we should not debate such an issue now. He said that some elements had been trying to divert attention from the flood affectees by discussing the Kalabagh Dam but it was a futile exercise. The minister said that the issue of the Kalabagh Dam had been buried once and for all as assemblies of Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had passed resolutions against this controversial issue. Regarding the organisation of a foreign donors conference by the provincial government, Iftikhar said that the KP government had consulted the federal government before making such a decision. He said that the donors conference had been successful and 26 international delegates had attended the meeting. |
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