..Pak chief of army staff, meaning he pulls the strings on the Nawaz Sharif puppet to make it dance and sing and not do much at all....
has reiterated that gunnies will not be allowed to return to Fata and the army will remain in the area to complete its job.
He said the operation Zarb-e-Azb
..the Pak offensive against Qaeda in Pakistain and the Pak Taliban in North Wazoo. The name refers to the sword of the Prophet (PTUI!)...
was in its final stage in a few pockets. "Army won't go back from the area till the job is done," Gen Raheel Sharif said during a visit to Wana, the administrative headquarters of South
.png)
Wazoo, on Wednesday.According to ISPR Director General Maj Gen Asim Bajwa, the army chief was accompanied by UAE Ambassador Essa Abdulla Albasha Al-Nuaimi and Peshawar Corps Commander Lt Gen Hidayat Rehman.
The army chief addressed tribal elders and inaugurated several development projects as part of a post-operation comprehensive rehabilitation plan for Fata, including a UAE-funded Wana Cadet College building for 500 children from Waziristan and the rest of Fata.
An ISPR blurb said the initiative will go a great length in propelling the local youth into professional colleges and changing lives of their families. The army chief later commissioned a 132kV grid station and a 54km transmission line in Wana as modern power infrastructure was a longstanding demand of the people of Fata.
Addressing a gathering of tribal people, the COAS said these projects would improve the quality of life of common people, create jobs and usher in an era of prosperity in the area, which is "our main objective".
The army chief also visited Dera Ismail Khan
... the Pearl of Pashtunistan ...
and inaugurated a USAID-funded 62km D.I. Khan-Hathala-Tank dual-carriage road as part of the 705km Central Trade Corridor linking the region with Afghanistan. The road will reduce travel time between two cities from four hours to only 40 minutes.
Gen Raheel Sharif assured the local people that the plan to rehabilitate them would be effectively implemented and the displaced people would return to a better and structurally much developed region.