Governor NWFP Lt. Gen (Retd) Ali Muhammad Jan Aurakzai said on Sunday that peace and calm will soon return to restive Waziristan agencies as enough progress has been made in this regard. Talking to reporters after offering Eid prayer at Karnal Sher Khan Shaheed Stadium, he said, “We are sure that our peace efforts will soon bear fruit and we have achieved some progress in it as well”. However, at the moment “I could not disclose it due to certain reasons”. The peace will be restored predominantly through dialogues and jirgas, he added.
The Governor said, he made lot of efforts to avoid breaking of the peace agreement but certain elements in the tribal fold for the fulfilment of their nefarious designs broke the peace truce. He said losses on both sides were not good and expressed great remorse over the damages being caused there to both the security forces and the local population.
In reply to a question, the Governor said, the tribesmen have now realised that they have no other option except to go for peace. To another query, he said, patriotic tribal people will support the government endeavours for the establishment of peace in the tribal regions and will flush out the miscreants from their areas.