Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani while unveiling this decision in late night televised address to the nation announced the formal deployment of troops in Malakand Division to eliminate insurgency from the area expressing his firm resolve that the government will take strict action against militant and terrorist elements.Prime Minister also announced Rs1 billion for the rehabilitation of the internally displaced persons promising employment opportunities for one member of a family that has lost life of any of its members at the hands of terrorists.
He said the decisions were taken as last resort after holding consultations with the political parties and other stakeholders, adding the government had launched reconciliation process in Swat and efforts were made to resolve the issue peacefully. He said the government accepted the demand for enforcement of Nizam-e-Adl for restoration of peace but regretted that armed militants continued to challenge the writ of the government.
“We adopted the path of dialogue with good intentions and Nizam-e-Adl was enforced with the condition that militants would lay down their arms and peace restored”, he said, adding: “We had faced pressure. We were criticized for such policies but we took the decision for our national interests.”
He said that in order to restore honour and dignity of the country, the armed forces have been called in to eliminate militants and terrorists. “We will eliminate those who have tried to destroy peace of the country,” he said.
He asked the nation to stand behind the armed forces as well as the government to defeat those who have earned bad name for the country. Prime Minister said that army had been called in for decisive action after due deliberations with all the quarters concerned. He further said that the nefarious activities of terrorists and militants to destroy the image of the country had reached the stage where the government felt constrained to believe that action is necessary against them.
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