‘Thirteen militants and two Pakistan security forces men were killed during security forces operation in Mehmand Agency tribal area of Pakistan on Sunday. After a fierce gun battle in which heavy weapons were used from both sides, in different areas of Mehmand Agency security forces had demolished homes and shops of militants, few residences of innocent people having no connections with militants were also demolished,’ unveiled in a news report of daily the ‘News’.
‘During security forces operations in Bajure tribal area of Pakistan so far 1500 militants were killed,’ unveiled in VOA Urdu service news report.
186 million people of Pakistan being victims of uncertainty, unemployment, underemployment, forced labor and over exploitation in absence of any sort of unemployment allowance for unemployed have become a fertile ground for extremism, terrorist organizations, can easily hire economically down trodden people in tribal and settled areas of Pakistan to launch suicide bomb attacks and other subversive activities in Pakistan and elsewhere in the world.
Prime Minister Gailani’s three pronged strategy to eradicate unemployment and economic backwardness by initiating development schemes, use of military means to control existing armed groups and negotiations with militants in case they lay down their arms is quite a realistic approach, if he can come up with comprehensive economic uplift plan including unemployment allowance for millions of jobless, militancy problem will fade away rapidly.
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Abdur Raziq
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