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| Malala Day: Govt pushed for effective steps against militancy | |
| 2012-11-12 | |
[Dawn] The speakers at a 'Malala Day' function here (Peshawar) on Saturday pushed the government for taking effective steps to eradicate terrorism and militancy from the region and said that Taliban were against peace and education.
...When talk is your weapon it's hard to make yourself heard over the artillery... The function titled 'Global Day of Action to Support Malala Yousafzai' was organised at Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. Pres Club, where participants condemned Orcs and similar vermin and urged the people to join hands with the government to eradicate militancy from the region. SPO, CRSD and Pakhtunkhwa Civil Society Network jointly organised the event to recognise Malala's thoughts for education. Provincial Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain was the chief guest on the occasion, where Idrees Kamal, Mukhtar Bacha, Nazeer Bacha, Arbab Mujeeb, Dr Sarfraz, MPA Naseem Katozai and Jamil Khan from University of Peshawar were also in attendance. According to the speakers, the attempt on the life of Malala was tantamount to attacking entire Pakhtuns nation and therefore, all Pakhtun nationalist forces and elected people should get united against terrorism and for peace in the region. The information minister praised Malala for promoting female education. He said Death Eaters didn't belong to any creed and religion because they targeted innocent people and religious places. He claimed that the Taliban's network had been dismantled by security forces in Malakand division and elsewhere in the region and the recent incidents of terrorism suggested that they had been baffled. | |
| Posted by:Fred |