Operation in North Waziristan (II)

LAHORE: This with reference to Khalid Munir’s article of June 3 titled “Opening another front in FATA”. Perhaps another alternative to a military thrust is to start a political process in Fata with a view to making it a province with its own elected assembly and representatives and so on. Thereafter, military action can be positively reinforced by working in cohesion with local political forces, instead of having to rely on local warlords.

Mazhar Rasool

Published in The Express Tribune, June 4^th, 2011.