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![]() He said the North Waziristan peace accord was in favour of Pakistan and therefore the US had opposed the pact from day one and exerted immense pressure on the Pakistan government to scrap it. “Pakistan must avoid further deployment of troops in Waziristan and accommodate new proposals from the opposite side to reach an accord and avoid further destruction,” Mehsood said. “Violating the basic clauses of the agreement, the government extended the army in North Waziristan, which infuriated the tribesmen and they scraped the accord.
“The shaken trust of the tribesmen about their future is resulting in a large scale exodus from North Waziristan. The government must restore the trust of tribesmen,” the FATA Grand Alliance convener said.
“NATO and Afghanistan have pressurised President Pervez Musharraf to violate the basic conditions of the agreement and build up the army to meet the US’s interests,” Mehsood said. “Pakistan must robustly retaliate to any aggression against FATA otherwise tribesmen will not hesitate to shed blood for the protection of every inch of their soil,” he added. The FATA Grand Alliance was established two months ago, comprising various organisations from all seven FATA agencies, including Frontier regions, to get the tribesmen their due rights. | ||
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