The caretaker federal minister for Information and Broadcasting Senator Nisar A Memon has said Pakistan does not need any help of foreign forces to conduct operation against militants.
Talking to a private TV channel, he said that Pakistan is defending ourselves in its regional boundaries and fighting war against terrorism. "Terrorism has not grown in Pakistan. Rather, but it has come form Afghan side" he noted. He said that al Qaeda is still present in Afghanistan and the US and Nato forces have been fighting against them.
The Taliban network has been extended up to Pakistan. He said that President Musharraf has said that the militants will never be allowed to use the Pakistani soil to invade any country. Responding to a question about the US military operation in tribal belt he said that US forces would never be allowed to enter Pakistan to carry out any military operation.
However, he said that both forces would exchange information and cooperate with each other to conduct a co-ordinated action. He evaded to disclose its details as it is a military information.
He said that neither, Pakistan will conduct operation in another territory nor it would allow anyone to carry out military activities from our side. "If we need we will get their assistance, but the combat operation will be conducted only by our forces", he added.
Replying to a question, he said that had the US and Nato forces rooted out the militants in Afghanistan, the militants would not have entered into Pakistan. He said that thirty or forty militants were killed in Darra Adamkhel and one soldier was also martyred in the encounter.
He said that the government has decided that the Pakistan army will keep up its operation in the tribal areas to weed out the militants and for the purpose many measures are in progress. "These militants have entered our urban areas and also disturbed our political system and put harmful effects on our economy", he said.