| President Asif Ali Zardari said on Wednesday that use of force was the only option against 'power-hungry militants' using force to impose their political agenda on the masses. "There is no alternative but to fight the militancy in the country, as they want to seize political power through the use of force," he told parliamentarians from FATA in a meeting. During the meeting, which is part of the president's series of dialogue with politicians on the situation in the Tribal Areas, Zardari said his government would not allow anyone to "hold the nation hostage". The legislators were told the government had decided to lift a hiring ban to fill all vacant positions in FATA development projects. Interior Adviser Rehman Malik said the government would hire 2,500 new Levies troops and raise 100 new FC platoons. |