Pakistan

NWA tribesmen want army to stay until completion of resettlement: ISPR

General Raheel Sharif visits Shawal Valley, lauds progress made in the decisive phase of ongoing Operation Zarb-e-Azb

News Desk March 22, 2016

PHOTO: ISPR

Tribal elders in the country’s troubled northwest areas have requested the Pakistan Army to stay in the region until the reconstruction and resettlement works are completed, a statement issued by the military’s media wing, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), said on Tuesday.

“Tribal people are happy with the improved security and peace in their area,” Director General ISPR Lt-Gen Asim Saleem Bajwa said on microblogging website Twitter.

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NWA:Tribals happy with improved security,peace in their area.Requested Army should not leave till return reconst,re-settlement completes-2
— Gen(R) Asim Saleem Bajwa (@AsimBajwaISPR) March 22, 2016

The development came as Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif visited the Shawal Valley of North Waziristan Agency, where the army is currently engaged in the final phase of ongoing military operation.

#COAS-N.Waziristan today.Good progress of final phase of Ops in Shawal.Will continue till all hide outs eliminated pic.twitter.com/l1Ndwkkvzl
— Gen(R) Asim Saleem Bajwa (@AsimBajwaISPR) March 22, 2016

During his visit to the agency, the army chief lauded the progress made by the troops in the Shawal operation as he vowed to continue the operation until the elimination of all the militant hideouts from the mountanious region.

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General Raheel also observed that the farthest edges of the agency were being cleared during the operation’s final phase. “650sq-km has already cleared so far in the final phase of the operation,” said another tweet.

#COAS-N.Waziristan:Farthest edges of Agency being cleared.650 sq KMs already cleared so far in final phase-1 pic.twitter.com/1fvkYZbWvd
— Gen(R) Asim Saleem Bajwa (@AsimBajwaISPR) March 22, 2016

Further, the tribal elders put forth their demand of setting up the quality education institutions for the local students.

COAS-NWA:Tribal elders demanded quality education institutions 4 boys&girls.Visibly keen to resume more productive life for their families-3
— Gen(R) Asim Saleem Bajwa (@AsimBajwaISPR) March 22, 2016

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Earlier, the army chief laid down the founding stone of the Younus Khan Sports Complex in Miranshah, which will be completed within five months and provide a state of the art facility for the local youth.

NWA:TDPs resettlement,Earth breaking Younas Khan sports complex 4 youth.state of the art,be completed in 9 months-5 pic.twitter.com/lfD05w5cVy
— Gen(R) Asim Saleem Bajwa (@AsimBajwaISPR) March 22, 2016

Giving statistics about the resettlement, Asim Bajwa tweeted:

https://twitter.com/AsimBajwaISPR/status/712269533529165824

COMMENTS (4)

syed & syed | 8 years ago | Reply Army should stay in NWA otherwise weak civil administration will not be able to check terrorists. It is high time that the area be made a province or be made a part of KPK. In this way the citizens there will be able to control the area. The Army should pressurize the Central Government for the conversion of this strategic area a province.

Rex Minor | 8 years ago | Reply Tribal elders in the country’s troubled northwest areas have requested the Pakistan Army to stay in the region until the reconstruction and resettlement works are completed, a statement issued by the military’s media wing, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), said on Tuesday. If the Punjabi Generals were to learn the Pushtun peoples culture, they would not feel happy and secured with such an expression; it simply means that they have identified them to be buried alive in their land!! Rex Minor

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oats | 8 years ago | Reply @Asim: I agree that the army needs to stay longer to help with the reconstruction. Afghanistan is across the border and the Indians are busy sending in trouble makers and paying criminals to cause problems for regular people there.

Asim | 8 years ago | Reply The army should stay in North Wazoristan for at least another 10 years- the basic success formula of counter terror is to hold the territory you've gained. If they leave, it'll be the same after the Brits held Helmand for 10 years from 2001-2011 and then the province is slowly falling into Taliban hands again after the Brits have left. We need proper infrastructure for the region, health services, colleges, sporting facilitie, electricity provision and a general sense of cohesion of that region with the other areas of Pakistan for those people to fee secure and the terrorists to stay away.

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