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Displaced
can go anywhere in country
By: Asif Chaudhry |
LAHORE-Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that the
govt has launched the counter-insurgency military drive in Malakand
division and Swat after taking stock of the situation and measuring
all pros and cons of this decision.
He was talking to media men after inaugural ceremony of Shaikh
Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Medical and Dental College at Shaikh
Zayed Hospital on Saturday. Governor Punjab Salman Taseer, Federal
Minister Manzoor Ahmed Wattoo, Secretary Cabinet Zafar Mahmood,
Senior Adviser to Chief Minister Punjab Zulfiqar Khosa and MNA Hamza
Shahbaz were also present on the occasion.
Regarding IDPs, he said that not only the govt but also the entire
nation and the world community have owned IDPs and reiterated that
the govt was determined to do every thing for them.
To a question about IDPs spreading out to various areas of the
country, he said they are Pakistanis, our brethren and honorable
guests, and they may go anywhere in the country.
‘They will be provided all possible help and assistance’.
He said that an appeal has been made to the world community seeking
help for the distressed people and the govt was also providing
relief and succour to the victims from it own resources.
‘Restricting the affectees to the camps and their registration was
aimed at ensuring relief and assistance to them’, the PM maintained.
Gilani said that the use of drone attacks was counter-productive and
this fact has been endorsed by the entire world that these attacks
help extremists in getting united.
Had these attacks been helpful in eliminating the terrorists, we
would also have supported it, he added.
He said that the militants would be wiped out as a result of the
military drive and action would continue against all those, who
challenge the writ of the govt. When asked as to who was funding the
militants, he said that poppy growing mafia was at their back. ‘Wait
for the solid proofs in this regard. We will share it with the
nation’.
The Nation :May 24, 2009 |
