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Civilian response to terrorism is needed, says Pakistan President Zardari, War on Terror, NewAgeIslam.com

War on Terror
Civilian response to terrorism is needed, says Pakistan President Zardari
By Sajjad Malik
October 22, 2008
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari urged civil and political leaders on Tuesday to own the war on terror, saying the military and security agencies could not be left to fight the war alone. “This is total war and should be fought in totality, and on multiple fronts,” he told participants of a top-level meeting on the FATA and NWFP security situation at the President’s House. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani accompanied him. “Pakistan’s civilian political leadership has successfully confronted terrorism in parts of the country in the past, and drawing lessons from that experience, is determined to carry out the ongoing fight against terrorism to a logical conclusion,” Zardari said. NWFP Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti and Interior Adviser Rehman Malik made presentations on the terror threat and the government’s strategy to tackle it. “The fight against terrorism is part of a larger struggle to save the country, the federation and its democratic structure,” the president said. “That is why the government has put together the strategy of three Ds – dialogue, development and deterrence – to wipe out the menace.” He said the government had expanded the consultative process and consult the parliament on the issue, for the elected representatives from across the political divide to own the war.

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