Governor NWFP Owais Ahmed Ghani on Tuesday reiterated that Pakistan inherited militancy and terrorism from Afghanistan and unless peace and harmony in the neighbouring country was not restored, the region would be under constant threat of the same.
Talking to reporters after addressing a meeting of the members of Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the NWFP Governor attributed the present events of unrest in Pakistan to the volatile situation in Afghanistan as the growing militancy and terrorism have been stemmed from there. The wave of militancy will further grow in Pakistan until there was not a stable and sound government in Afghanistan, he maintained.
Afghanistan, he said, has become the hub of weapons and narcotics business and quoted a UN report estimating $55 billion narcotics production in Afghanistan. The narcotic traders in turn feed some of the militant outfits, he added when asked.
He held the previous Afghan governments responsible for all the mess that country was passing through and said, "we had neither invited the Russians to invade Afghanistan, nor Osama Bin Laden, the Nato or the American forces. The Afghans are in fact responsible for all this."
Expressing determination to combat terrorism and militancy in all its forms and manifestations, Ghani said that we have a regular and fully equipped army, strong economy and a vigilant nation that has the guts to face all such eventualities. "We want to see a stable government in Afghanistan and the historic joint Pak-Afghan Peace Jirga held in Kabul last year was a step towards this end," he added.
About Darra operation, he denied the notion that the operation against the militants has been started after much delay saying that he had arranged six jirgas to convince them to live in peace but they did not respond positively to our efforts.
The government as a last resort initiated the operation against the miscreants who had in-fact challenged writ of the government, he explained. The Kohat tunnel, he said would be reopened for vehicular traffic by tomorrow as the authorities were engaged in repair work inside the tunnel damaged by the shelling of the miscreants. "We are against use of force but some time it becomes necessary for the maintenance of public order," he maintained.
He urged the media persons to be careful while reporting such events and clarify their reports before putting them on wire. He stressed upon them to avoid negatively reporting an event as it creates frustration among the people.
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