... four star general, current Chief of Army Staff of the Mighty Pak Army. Kayani is the former Director General of ISI...
strongly condemned the predator strike carried out on Thursday in North
Wazoo Agency resulting in loss of innocent lives.He said it is highly regrettable that a jirga of peaceful citizens including elders of the area was carelessly and callously targeted with complete disregard to human life, said a ISPR blurb issued here.
"In complete violation of human rights
... which are not the same thing as individual rights, mind you...
, such acts of violence take us away from our objective of elimination of terrorism. It is imperative to understand that this critical objective cannot be sacrificed for temporary tactical gains. Security of people of Pakistain, in any case, stands above all," he added.
| Since when do the lordly Punjabis consider the tribals to be anything but hairy, flea-bitten, barbaric Untermenshen incapable of the slightest improvement? |
"Pakistain Army wishes to assure brave people of Waziristan that we shall do our best and utmost to protect their life, honour and dignity at all costs. Pakistain Army is fighting the Islamic fascisti and not its brethren in tribal areas." Gen Kayani added
The COAS said that Pakistain Army has already launched a protest in the strongest possible terms, adding that it has been highlighted clearly that such aggression against people of Pakistain is unjustified and intolerable under any circumstances.