17 September 2004	Friday	01 Shaban 1425

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ISLAMABAD, Sept 16: The government has allowed journalists to visit Wana, the regional headquarters of South Waziristan, to ascertain and project facts about presence of foreign militants and the ongoing operation by security forces there.

Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao told reporters at a press conference here on Thursday that the government had decided to facilitate journalists who wanted to go to Wana to cover the ground realities there.

"Although the government would facilitate the media-persons in having access to Wana, both local and foreign journalists can visit the town by their own arrangement," he said.

Mr Sherpao said the government would establish two media centres in Wana and Peshawar to provide latest information to the press about any development in South Waziristan. He reiterated the government's offer to foreign militants in Wana that if they got themselves registered with the authorities, they would be given amnesty.