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Why you always say Paki instead of Pakistani 
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Paki short form of pakistani
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Its a derogatory form
Doesnt looks good at all
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Last I checked, Pak Army was the root of all evils in Pakistan. Now, they’re suddenly the saviors. #BadaltaHaiRungAasmanKaiseKaise](https://twitter.com/hashtag/BadaltaHaiRungAasmanKaiseKaise?src=hash)
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Looking at the latest updates:
this is what has been done so far
-Surrender points for those who choose to give up arms
- Facilitating IDPS
-Locals will be allowed to leave
-Afghan security forces told to seal the border on their side
- Close to 25,000 to 30,000 troops will be on ground
- NW has been isolated, to block any movement in and out of agency.
It's heartening to see that this operation has received massive support from Pakistanis! seems like everyone is on the same page, except for a few who will still like to go for a peace deal!
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I'm just really concerned about savages retaliating in urban areas. Provincial govts should beef up security, especially sensitive installations.
I pray for the great success of our Pak army.
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Dr. Arif Alvi @ArifAlvi · 1h
We all want an end to terrorism, & I support Pak army when in war. I also pray 4 innocents who have died in terror attacks & may die in WOT
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Operation ‘Zarb-e-Azb’ gets a ‘thumbs up’ on social media - Pakistan - DAWN.COM
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Dair ayed ... durst ayed.
I only wish a brutal operation with full commitment should have started long time ago ... and I hope that this operation (if really started) should be brutal and effective. I also hope that this operation do not fizzle out or stops mid way, just because pro-Taliban lobbies start crying and portraying any backlash as unbearable or avoidable.
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bold move, go get the talibans, Pak. Army! 
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Best wishes and prayers for Pak Army.
Kill them all don’t save them for courts:jhanda:
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I pray the civilian casualties to be at a minimum. :( My heart goes to all the people who are stuck there and couldn't move out in time.
Miansaab should do an appearance on TV confirming he knows what zarb e azb is or we’ll have another kargil like statement later
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Massive political support for military operation
PPP, ANP, MQM, Sunni Ittehad Council, Majlis-e-Wahdatul Muslimeen, defence analysts back operation; JI says decision disappointing and will intensify bloodshed; PTI core committee meets today to give viewpoint on operation
Asim Yasin
Monday, June 16, 2014
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Massive political support for military operation
ISLAMABAD: Moments after the army launched a full-scale operation against the Taliban militants in North Waziristan on Sunday, the political parties seemed divided on the issue, with a majority supporting the operation.
Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Syed Khursheed Shah on Sunday welcomed the military operation and assured his party’s full support to the armed forces.The opposition leader said the prime minister should take parliament into confidence on the operation and make strict security arrangements in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Islamabad for the safety of public and sensitive installations.
“The final victory will be of the people of Pakistan and terrorists will have to face elimination,” he said.Khursheed Shah again assure the armed forces of the rock-solid support of his party, the Pakistan People’s Party, and the people of Pakistan in their operation against the militants.
“The PPP will continue to give scarifices for the defence of the country,” he added.Agencies add: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister and head of government dialogue committee Irfan Siddiqui said talks and terrorism could not move side by side.
Talking to a private television channel, he said the military operation was decided after repeated incidents of terrorism in the country. “It was reflective of the people’s aspirations,” he said.Siddiqui said both the government and the army were sincere in the dialogue process and the process continued even during the incidents of terrorism but no result-oriented breakthrough came from the opposite side.
He said 100 or so incidents of terrorism had hit the country during the dialogue process. “One group was involved in the talks and the other indulged in terrorism. There was no command and we were forced to launch the operation. Now this is the stance of the entire nation,” Siddiqui added.
MQM chief Altaf Hussain on Sunday welcomed the launch of the military operation against the Taliban militants.“I welcome this operation and am glad that the government is supporting the armed forces,” he said while speaking to a private TV channel.
“Those who have not backed the operation must realise that it is a matter of national security. I appeal to them to come on the same page by setting aside their political compulsions,” he said.
“I fear that the Taliban will sneak into Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar and Quetta after the operation. They can carry out small attacks in cities in retaliation and to divert the army’s attention from the operation,” he opined.
“I also call upon all civil agencies to be vigilant and act against suspected people. I want to tell the people of Pakistan that our enemies can take advantage of the situation. We need to set up vigilance committees to protect our cities and towns,” he said. The MQM chief urged all media channels to play the national anthem to unite the nation.
Speaking to a local news channel MQM Senator Babar Ghauri said: “This is a commendable decision by the government; we have been repeatedly telling the current government that instead of engaging the terrorists in dialogue the government should act against them.”
He said Karachi had a number of terrorists and it might suffer from a blowback; this threat should be tackled so that Karachi does not have to suffer on account of this.”
The Awami National Party (ANP) leader Zahid Khan said: “We also held a dialogue previously (during our govt) but that did not produce effective results. We wanted peace and we were okay if that came through dialogue but unfortunately that could not happen.
This time, learning from our experience, we had cautioned the government that the dialogue approach would not work. The government should have taken parliament into confidence before launching the operation but it didn’t.”Secretary Information Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) Shireen Mazari criticised the government for not taking political parties into confidence before launching the operation.
In her statement on Twitter, she said it was shameful that the prime minister had failed to take political parties into confidence.She said a central core committee meeting of the PTI would be held on Monday (today) in which an announcement of policy would be made.
The Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) Sunday announced full support to the military operation against terrorists. Chairman Sahibzada Muhammad Hamid Raza of the Sunni Ittehad Council said his party extended full support to the operation against terrorists. He said it was their demand from day one that the solution to Taliban militancy lay in an operation.
“History teaches us that rebels should be crushed forever instead of holding dialogue with them. It was proved through the decision of launching the military operation that the lone voice raised against terrorists by the Sunni Ittehad Council leader Sahibzada Haji Muhammad Fazl Karim five years ago was correct.”
Majlise Wahdatul Muslimeen (MWM) chief Allama Nasir Abbas Jaffery welcomed the launch of a military operation against terrorists in the North Waziristan and said the decision represented national aspirations.
In a statement, he said the killers of 60,000 Pakistanis never deserved any concessions. “We not only back the announcement, but also assure our armed forces that every person shall move shoulder to shoulder with them against the anti-state elements. The entire 180 million population of Pakistan endorses the operation,” he said.
PTI MNA Dr Arif Alvi said his party had always warned that an operation of this scale will result in a large influx of refugees in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa which his party rules.
“The PML-N government did not tell the public and the opposition why talks had failed. We do not know about the dimensions of this operation.”JI Ameer Sirajul Haq termed the decision of an operation in North Waziristan Agency (NWA) disappointing and said the government right from the outset had made its “good intentions” manifest by letting the talks’ issue linger in the committees.
He said the national leadership and the government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa should have been consulted before the operation, as it would further complicate the political and national crisis in the country.
He further said that no measures by the government had been seen for protecting the local populations from the effects of the operation. “This situation can further transform into a human tragedy on a large scale,” he stated.
JI parliamentary leader and Ameer of Punjab Dr Syed Waseem Akhtar and Secretary General Nazir Ahmed Janjua said the operation will intensify the bloodshed in the country.
They said the government had made an unwise decision by opting for the military operation, as matters were heading towards improvement through the government-Taliban dialogue.
The two leaders said the government had led the country on the path of destruction by launching an operation in NWA under the patronage of the US. They noted that military operations were no solution to any problem.
The JI Punjab leaders further said that parliament and the nation had not been taken into confidence on the operation.
They said that the government should immediately halt operation in the NWA.Major General (retd) Jamshed Ayaz lauded the launch of operation. “It came slightly late. But better late than never. Pakistan has suffered a big loss – and Pakistan comes first. They have made a correct decision to launch this. The time for talks is over now.”Defence analyst Rasul Bakhsh Rais asked what the KP government had done to stop terrorists from entering their province.
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PM to brief NA on military action
By Syed Irfan Raza
Published about 4 hours ago
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ISLAMABAD: The commencement of a military operation against militants in North Waziristan on Sunday was welcomed by most major political parties and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is expected to take parliament into confidence over the operation on Monday.
According to sources in the PM Office, Mr Sharif will be attending Monday’s session at the National Assembly, where he is expected to make a policy statement over Operation Zarb-i-Azb.
The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), however, announced that it would convene a core committee meeting to decide whether to support the military operation or not. PTI chief Imran Khan has said in the past that an operation in North Waziristan is ill-advised and that the government should take action only against those groups who are unwilling to negotiate.
Meanwhile, the Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) emerged as the only party that opposed the operation outright, expressing fears that only innocent people and not terrorists will bear the brunt of the violence.
[HR][/HR]Most political parties announce support; JI, PTI still sceptical
[HR][/HR]In a handout issued on Sunday afternoon, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) formally announced that a military operation, codenamed Zarb-i-Azb, had been initiated in the North Waziristan agency.
According to an ISPR official, Zarb-i-Azb refers to the strike of a sword said to have been wielded by the Holy Prophet (PBUH) in the Battle of Uhad.
Defence Minister Khawaja Asif then appeared on TV channels to confirm the start of the operation and vowed that “the operation will continue till the elimination of last terrorist”.
The defence minister said the operation was launched following the collapse of talks between the government and the Tehreek-i-Taliban. “These terrorists have challenged the writ of the state, rejected its Constitution and are killing innocent people and security personnel,” he said.
Mr Asif said the government had taken the decision to launch the operation after a cost-benefit analysis of the aftermath of the operation, adding that the government had also come up with a plan to cope with those who will be displaced by the military action.
In a statement issued on Sunday, Information Minister Pervez Rashid appealed to the nation to stand behind the government and the armed forces in this war against terrorism.
He said the government had gone for dialogue first, but they continued to kill innocent people despite their overtures to peace. “But now they will either surrender or face defeat,” he said.
Irfan Siddiqui, one the PM’s advisers who was also involved with the dialogue process, told Dawn that the government had done everything in its power to negotiate a peaceful settlement, but there was no reciprocation from the other side.
PTI spokesperson Shireen Mazari was reluctant to give a policy statement on the operation. “The prime minister should have taken the political leadership into confidence about the operation and the PTI’s core committee is meeting on Monday to give a detailed response in the wake of new developments,” she told Dawn.
PTI governs the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhawa (KP) which borders the tribal areas and it is believed that the PTI’s support is the key in order to ensure the operation’s success.
The Leader Opposition in the National Assembly, Syed Khursheed Shah of the PPP, welcomed the decision to launch an operation but also demanded that the PM come to parliament and take the political leadership into confidence.
PPP leader and Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Memon said provincial governments now have to take preventive measures to cope with a terrorist backlash.
Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain fully endorsed the military offensive. In a statement issued from London, Mr Hussain offered to extend ‘unconditional cooperation’ to the armed forces and assured them that MQM workers were ready to fight alongside them.
JI emir Sirajul Haq, voicing his opposition to the operation, said the government was not sincere with talks from the outset. “The government should have consulted the country’s political leadership and the KP government before launching the operation,” he said.
He said that his party had mobilised its cadres and that its workers along with members of the Al-Khidmat Foundation would take care of those affected by the operation.
Another leader of JI Professor Ibrahim told Dawn that terrorists will manage to escape from North Waziristan while innocent people will be targeted in the operation.
Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl spokesperson Jan Achakzai said an operation in North Waziristan will not end terrorism in the country unless a clear policy against militancy was adopted.
“Unless a clear decision is taken on the strategic, ideological, political and foreign policy levels and those decisions are backed by concrete steps, we will see more of the same,” he added.
“Rather than focusing on a particular group of militants, the government must work to restore the writ of the state in very corner of the country,” he said.
Defence analyst Hassan Askari Rizvi said the army required the complete support of the nation, politicians and civil society in the operation. He said the army had about two weeks to meet its main objectives.
Retired Lt Gen Abdul Qayyum told Dawn that thousands of foreign nationals, including those of Uzbek origin, were said to be hiding in North Waziristan.
Published in Dawn, June 16th, 2014
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For God sake, at least, on this issue all political parties should come on one point and avoid to give contradictory statements!
No negotiation, just crush these animals. نَصْرٌ مِّن اللَّهِ وَفَتْحٌ قَرِيبٌ
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Corps Commander Pesh Gen Rabbani leading the operation and his own son is amongst the ground troops leading operation in NW..