File photo of Islamabad police. PHOTO: MUHAMMAD JAVAID/EXPRESS
According to sources, Rangers will support the capital police and Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) in the operation. The Pakistan Army may be called as well.
After launching a military operation against militants in the troubled North Waziristan Agency of Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata), armed forces were deployed in major cities including Islamabad due to fear of terror attacks.
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PAT was a targeted operation. The pseudo-intellectuals should observe the fact that there were weapons inside the area too. The problem with people is this that if public casualties would had happened due to people of Minhaj then they would had blamed police. And further, they completely ignore the fact that Dr Qadri gave a vibrant and provocative speech that very morning to incite his followers to die in any case. I think everyone should pay a heed not only to brutal act of police but also to the events and people who led to it.
I think in Pakistan the governments announce such operations before hand through media purposely and intentionally, so all the terrorists can hide or slip away, and hence the forces don't have to face any tough resistance and casualties during the 'so called operation'...
The media should NOT be reporting this at ALL!! You're giving terrorists a heads up!! OMG!!
Targeted operations against only taliban is bias.We need to have targeted operations against lashkar-i-jhangvi, sipah sahaba and their likes etc.
Pakistan could be the only country where operations are announced first and then done. Here in Canada we hear in news next morning when raids have been successfully conducted (mostly for drugs and illegal guns).
Thanks for the advance warning. All terrorists will just lie low for a few days until this blows over.
I guess this information is made public on an assumption that terrorists wont get to know abt it.
I feel sorry for the hundreds of innocent people killed in north waziristan. I feel ashamed that nobody is saying anything against it exept few brave people and groups. Lahore incident got out of hand. Otherwise lahore incidents was planned.
ET use some editorial sense and not plaster this all over your front page. Such counter terrorism operations should be kept confidential
So we are going to be conducting an operation today and before it even begun we announce it on our media? Does anyone understand the idea behind an element of surprise ? Might as well take a loudspeaker and announce it everywhere. "Hey terrorists we are holding an operation against you, please stay where you are so we can come arrest you".
I am sure they know the right places to target - or Islamabad residents can guide them easily.
Don't publisize it to make all criminals run away beforehand.. JUST DO IT
With or Without Air Strikes?
Such targeted operation was over due long time ago....
Target operation also needs to be conducted to arrest Rana Sanullah and those involved in the lahore massacre of the protesters.