... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central...
information minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain has said that government would provide full security to Malala Yousafzai and her family when they come back from United Kingdom.
Speaking at a presser here on Friday, the minister left the decision to return to Pakistain or live abroad to MalalaÂ’s family. He said the government would not force the family to come back.
He said that government had offered security to Malala before the attack and was ready to provide the facility when she returns after treatment. He stated that Malala belonged to Swat
...a valley and an administrative district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistain, located 99 mi from Islamabad. It is inhabited mostly by Pashto speakers. The place has gone steadily downhill since the days when Babe Ruth was the Sultan of Swat...and should live among her own people.
“We wish that Malala returns to Swat. But she herself will take the decision where she wants to live, Pakistain or abroad,” said Mian Iftikhar who returned from Birmingham on Thursday night after visiting Malala at Queen Elizabeth Hospital. The teenager who was shot in the head in Mingora is under treatment in UK.
He said that Malala might return to the country after two months when she gets fully recovered. He said that doctors briefed him about MalalaÂ’s health and added that she could write messages and walk without support. Her eyesight was also perfect, he said.
When asked that certain people had launched a campaign on social media and loaded pictures showing that Malala was slightly injured, the minister said that these elements could not tarnish her image through malicious propaganda.
He appreciated the Pak High Commission in London for extending all-out help to Malala. He said that bully boyz had a strong network and they were spreading negative propaganda.
Replying to a question, Mian Iftikhar said that Pakistain and Afghanistan should stop the blame game and take action against Mullah Fazlullah
...son-in-law of holy man Sufi Mohammad. Known as Mullah FM, Fazlullah had the habit of grabbing his FM mike when the mood struck him and bellowing forth sermons. Sufi suckered the Pak govt into imposing Shariah on the Swat Valley and then stepped aside whilst Fazlullah and his Talibs imposed a reign of terror on the populace like they hadn't seen before, at least not for a thousand years or so. For some reason the Pak intel services were never able to locate his transmitter, much bomb it. After ruling the place like a conquered province for a year or so, Fazlullahs Talibs began gobbling up more territory as they pushed toward Islamabad, at which point as a matter of self-preservation the Mighty Pak Army threw them out and chased them into Afghanistan...
and other terrorist groups. He said that both the countries should fulfil their responsibilities and eliminate terrorists. “Allegations and counter allegations are only facilitating the terrorists,” he maintained.
He condemned the kaboom on Baacha Khan Markaz, the ANPÂ’s central secretariat in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
, and said that bully boyz were trying to create fear among the citizens through such acts.