Targeted operations to start in Punjab: Malik
Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Tuesday that targeted operation will be done in Punjab to eliminate terrorism.
ISLAMABAD:
Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Tuesday that targeted operations will start in Punjab to eliminate terrorism.
Talking to the media outside parliament house in Islamabad, Malik said that he had received the initial reports of the Lahore terror attack but is waiting for the final report before proceeding. He said that wherever the government will be challenged, targeted operations will take place in that area.
He said that the Punjab government is part of the federal government and they have extended their full cooperation to the Punjab government.
Talking about operations against terrorists he said that the army and law enforcement agencies are fully active and will not allow anyone to destabilize the law and order situation in any part of the country.
He also said that the nation is united in eliminating the terrorists and that guerilla tactics will be used in the ongoing war against terrorists.
Opinions on Punjab Taliban
Salman Latif says:
Farrukh Sarwar says:
Syed Nadir El-Edroos says:
Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Tuesday that targeted operations will start in Punjab to eliminate terrorism.
Talking to the media outside parliament house in Islamabad, Malik said that he had received the initial reports of the Lahore terror attack but is waiting for the final report before proceeding. He said that wherever the government will be challenged, targeted operations will take place in that area.
He said that the Punjab government is part of the federal government and they have extended their full cooperation to the Punjab government.
Talking about operations against terrorists he said that the army and law enforcement agencies are fully active and will not allow anyone to destabilize the law and order situation in any part of the country.
He also said that the nation is united in eliminating the terrorists and that guerilla tactics will be used in the ongoing war against terrorists.
Opinions on Punjab Taliban
Salman Latif says:
From the way Punjab government is handling the situation, and from the past record of the Chief Minister’s statements, it seems the PML-N prefers sustaining a vote bank to battling extremism. It has long pretended the non-existence of any such dangerous elements, but those statements have paled next to more substantial proofs coming forth about the role of Punjab-based Taliban in the recent saga of manslaughter at Lahore.
Farrukh Sarwar says:
With reference to your coverage on the Ahmadi attacks in Lahore, may I say that there really is no distinction between the Punjabi Taliban and the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan. All of them are extremists and destroyers of innocent civilian lives.
Syed Nadir El-Edroos says:
Inaction only guarantees one thing: it guarantees more deaths. Do parts of Punjab and the local populations have to suffer the same fate as Swat and Fata? Where the local population was left at the mercy of the Taliban? Or will the Sharifs act once Southern Punjab becomes a “no-go” area?