Malik admits Taliban reigning terror all over Pakistan now
June 25th, 2010 - 2:44 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, June 25 (ANI): Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has admitted that the Taliban has expanded its reach well beyond the rugged lawless terrains of tribal regions into the country’s mainland.
Addressing the National Assembly, Malik said that country’s security forces are committed to reign in the terror groups, which have now spread in the country’s urban areas after being flushed out of their hideouts in tribal areas.
“The TTP is all over Pakistan now, but security agencies would get them wherever they are,” Malik said while hinting towards a military operation in south Punjab and Sindh, where scores of innocent people have been killed in terror attacks in the recent past.
Malik, however, did not specify whether the military would be sent to the troubled areas of Punjab or whether the operation might be intelligence-based.
“Some hostile secret agencies are fuelling the Deobandi-Barlevi and Shia-Sunni divide to destabilise Pakistan,” The Daily Times quoted Malik, as saying.
He also pointed out that Pakistani intelligence agencies were under-equipped and under-trained to combat terrorism, but added that they were certainly doing “whatever they can within their power”. (ANI)
- Pak intelligence, top cops see "foreign hand" behind Lahore, Karachi suicide attacks - Jan 26, 2011
- 'Nervy' Pak in denial mode over 'threatening' US 'dossier' on timeline against terror - May 27, 2010
- No US 'threat' to Pak on new 'terror timetable': Haqqani - May 28, 2010
- ISI blames India of 'playing dangerous game' by funding 'extremist elements' in Karachi - Jan 28, 2011
- Pak Interior Minister for curbs on mourning processions - Sep 03, 2010
- 23 terrorists enter Islamabad, Lahore to attack police, buildings: Intelligence report - Oct 24, 2010
- US military to work more closely with Pak forces against insurgents along Afghan border - Mar 01, 2011
- ISI's links with Haqqani network at core of US-Pak differences: Mullen - Apr 21, 2011
- Madrassas in Pak Punjab becoming breeding grounds for terror, admits Malik - May 31, 2010
- Hard for US to avoid "inevitable pressure" to target Pak in case of new terror attack - May 26, 2010
- Malik blames 'foreign hand' for Karachi sectarian killings - Jun 16, 2010
- Malik flip-flop, now rules out military operation in South Punjab - Jun 09, 2010
- Pak leaders blame 'foreign hands', RAW for Lahore attack - Mar 09, 2010
- Gilani calls for Af-Pak cooperation in war on terror (Second Lead) - Apr 16, 2011
- Pak agencies warn of terror attacks on foreigners, embassies - Aug 16, 2010
Tags: hideouts, interior minister, mainland, military operation, national assembly, pakistani intelligence agencies, punjab, rehman malik, reigning terror, security agencies, security forces, sindh, taliban, terrains, terror attacks, terror groups, tribal areas, troubled areas, ttp, urban areas
