Should there be an operation in Punjab?
Does Nawaz Sharif really support Talibanisation and have they encouraged it in any way at all?
The army only took action against Pakistani Taliban because they had taken over territory something that has not yet happened in Punjab. Does that make the Nationalist demands unreasonable?
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Saturday, June 19, 2010
By our correspondent
PESHAWAR: Blaming non-local militant commanders for violence in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, who had allegedly attained training in camps in Punjab, leaders of nationalist parties and civil society members Friday asked the federal government to launch an operation against militants in Punjab.
During a seminar at Peshawar Press Club, they warned the government of another terror wave in the country if action against the militants in Punjab was not initiated.
Arranged by Amn Tehrik, the seminar was addressed by National Party leader Mukhtiar Bacha, Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party leader Mukhtiar Yousufzai, Awami National Party Information Secretary Arbab Tahir, Jamhoori Taroon leader Shahab Khattak, Dr Said Alam Mahsud, Farhad Khan, Shakeel and Nazeef Khan.
Mukhtiar Bacha accused the Punjab government of supporting the banned outfits in Punjab and letting them to be at large despite several acts of violence. He said the organisations had been banned by the United Nations but they continued their activities in parts of Punjab unabated. He criticised those who condemned Pakhtuns for Talibanisation but were now supporting the militants against the national interests.
He alleged the main training centres of militants were located in Rahimyar Khan, Cholistan and Dera Ghazi Khan. He said Pakistan Muslim League-N was directly supporting extremists. Mukhtiar Bacha said Punjabi Taliban were responsible for atrocities in Swat, Balochistan and Waziristan.