Thursday, February 7, 2013

Lt Gen Athar Abbas, Director General, ISPR

On army action in FATA
In is one of the unique operations of its kind. The area was out of the control of the civil administration and Tahreek e Taliban had taken over. We started the campaign in 2008 but then the elections came and it was decided that the operation will be withdrawn. We also decided to allow the local laws to operate but the terrorists did not stop at that. When they kept on with their terror means even after we offered tribals their own law to operate, this led to the loss of support for the terrorists. Therefore when we started the operation again, we had the full support of the locals. We took a fight in the region that had the most unfriendly terrains but our army overcame all the obstacles and freed the area. Presently we have freed Swat and the reconstruction work is going on. Then it will be transferred to the civil administration. In FATA, we have sanitized the several agencies and the process of consolidation is going on. The focus is entirely on other areas at the present juncture.

On Human Casualty
It was a very different kind of fight and the casualities, therefore, were bound to be high. At the peak of the operation in 2009, we had an average of ten casualties each day. However, we are happy that the motive of the operation has been achieved. Our efforts have been appreciated by people from all over the world.


Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri
and Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).

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