(KUNA) -- Pakistan Monday said that it was sending army de-mining contingents to Lebanon, not as part of the United Nations peacekeeping mission rather at the request of the Lebanese government. Foreign Office spokesperson, Tasnim Aslam, at her weekly press briefing here said that the Lebanese government had sought Pakistan's assistance during Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz's recent visit to the country in de-mining and clearing the of area of the cluster bombs and to help its people return to their homes.To a question about recently concluded peace deal with the local pro-Taliban militants, the spokesperson defended the deal and said that military option alone was not the solution. "We need a long term strategy to address political disputes, sense of alienation, removal of grievances, depravation of socio-economic issues", she said. She also rejected the reports that Osama Bin Laden was present in Pakistan and said "there is no evidence to suggest that."
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