Terrorists involved in APS attack have met their fate: Gen Raheel
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PESHAWAR: Army Chief General Raheel Sharif said that the military operation will not stop until the last terrorist is eliminated from the soil of Pakistan. He added that most of the terrorists involved in the attack on Army Public School (APS) Peshawar have met their fate.
The army chief was speaking at a ceremony hosted at Corps Headquarters Peshawar to honour the families of the martyrs of APS Peshawar.
General Raheel reiterated his commitment to eliminate terrorism from the country. The army chief met the families of the martyrs on the occasion and expressed his solidarity and profound grief.
He also paid tributes to the martyrs and those who were injured in the December 16 attack.
Read: Nearly 350 military men killed in Zarb-e-Azb: ISPR
He acknowledged the great sacrifice the families have paid, and assured them that the entire nation is united and stands with them.
“The sacrifice of our young martyrs has united the nation. The tragic incident will never be forgotten. No religion or society allows such an heinous act,” he said.
Sharing details of the incident, General Sharif informed the parents of the martyrs that most of the terrorists involved in the incident have met their fate.
The army chief was accompanied by his wife on the occasion.
Military operation Zarb-i-Azb was launched in North Waziristan on June 15 following a brazen militant attack on Karachi's international airport and the failure of peace talks between the government and Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) negotiators.
The military operation and intelligence based operations in the country were further intensified following the attack on APS Peshawar.
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Jul 15, 2015 10:21pm
Great determination!
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Jul 15, 2015 10:28pm
Does that include all the big fish of economic terrorism? a big number of these terrorists are not only serving in the civil and military bureaucracy but also sitting in the Parliament.
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Jul 15, 2015 10:30pm
Please do not stop until you clean Karachi too. Do not bow down to political gimmickry of Nawaz/Zardari/Altaf.
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Jul 15, 2015 10:35pm
Sorry, but it seems that army's focus is only on Afghan terrorists. Not much is being done for terrorists based out of Punjab.
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Jul 15, 2015 10:36pm
Pakistan must be rid of all terrorists and budmashi ASAP. We must leave a Pakistan to our new generation that is an economic and military power.
I MUST emphasize also that the threats of all sorts emanating from India and Afghanistan must be eliminated also and the nation regularly briefed on progress.
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Jul 15, 2015 10:42pm
what about terrorists who did Mumbai attacks ?
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Jul 15, 2015 10:52pm
Nation will support our brave military.
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Jul 15, 2015 10:53pm
I agree with all four earlier comments. Thanks General.
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Jul 15, 2015 11:01pm
@adeeb
Well said Adeeb about those sitting in the Parliament. The moment he starts taking action on them (which he should), then you have the do-gooders ("himayatis") in society saying how terrible and cruel the army actions are and how the true beauty of democracy is being suffocated by the soldiers. In Pakistan, one can never be winner. The looting under the civilian takes place in open day light unabated.
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Jul 15, 2015 11:06pm
@shyam
its Pak Army to secure lives of Pakistanis by eliminating RAW backed terrorism in Pakistan. Your question seems a desperate expectation from Pakistai forces to fight terrorism in India. Boost up morale of your own Indian military to face terrorists Or they should putoff uniform and handover the matter to us.
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Jul 15, 2015 11:13pm
General Raheel Sharif, an efficient and action oriented General.
Thank You Sir.
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Jul 15, 2015 11:13pm
@shyam
Your comment: what about terrorists who did Mumbai attacks ?
You might like to put is as: What about the terrorists who did Mumbai attacks and those who bombed Samjhota Express ?
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Jul 15, 2015 11:22pm
Keep it up pak army zidabad pakistan paindabad
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Jul 15, 2015 11:25pm
@Sub se pehle pakistan Well, nobody said we will eliminate all terrorist from our soil.
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Jul 15, 2015 11:28pm
Salute to you Chief!!!
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Jul 15, 2015 11:30pm
@adeeb
Very important point! I hope the honorable General takes the menace of political corruption and deals with an iron fist in a way the roots are targeted of these so called politicians
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Jul 15, 2015 11:43pm
Fantastic. This determination to eliminate terrorist from Pakistani soil is something that nation can celebrate and be proud of its army chief and all the pak forces. Pakistan need to progress for a better future of its citizens. Now days are numbered for all terrorists, target killers, bhatta khores and corrupt individuals. Long live Pakistan.
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Jul 15, 2015 11:45pm
Excellent gesture.....and great resolve shown. The cherry on the cake would be when you declare Mullah Fazalullah ( Mullah Radio ) captured or better killed.
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Jul 15, 2015 11:47pm
@Umer Very good observation. Yes corruption is one of the root cause stopping national progress of Pakistan. Lets hope corrupt individuals will either mend their ways, or simply run away to some other country, where they might have been stashing their loot.
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Jul 15, 2015 11:51pm
General Sahab,
Please consider politicians and bhatta khoor as terrorists too..
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Jul 16, 2015 12:03am
The army chief is doing great job but as usual we shouldn't put all the responsibility on him and exonerate ourselves from doing anything.
Are we also ready to vote out those who are running government and involved in terrorism? Is model town operation not terrorism?
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Jul 16, 2015 12:03am
Their has no doubt about the determination of the Army to route out the terrorism from the country. I would like to suggest to the military to make public , at an opportune moment, the complete identities of every cold hearted zombie that was involved in this barbaric incident ( the planners , attackers , facilitators, sympathisors) and the fates metted out to them . The world and the victims should see that we are capable of avenging the murder of our children. They should be made a part of history for their beastly acts and how they were dealt with. The whole world and the country saw on tv screens with bleeding hearts and rage what they did , we should also witness how these barbarians were hunted down. This will truely vindicate us as the bereaved nation.
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Jul 16, 2015 12:10am
Dear Gen. Raheel; We salute you and applaud you for the commitment you have made of getting rid of terrorists from the country, not only in the peshawar area and also in Karachi and Sindh. Rangers must continue their great work to rid of Karachi from Thugs, criminals and extortionists.
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Jul 16, 2015 12:13am
Everytime this man appears in news, he makes us prouder. We love you sir, we are with you and we are praying for you.
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Jul 16, 2015 12:13am
Thank you. Please continue. You have the fullest support of Pakistani people. Keep going after them till they are no more. Pakistan can progress only when there is peace, law, order and good government.
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Jul 16, 2015 12:14am
@Karahore don't you worry, their turn is right around the corner. And that includes political terrorists as well.
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Jul 16, 2015 12:16am
Be ruthless to those you killed pakistani so next time they will think 1000 times before doing any stupid MISTAKE
Salute to you Gen Raheel from USA
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Jul 16, 2015 12:22am
Good search and kill each and every terrorist involved in killing of our innocent angles. My heart bleeds for the martyrs killed in the school attack. The whole nation will miss them on Eid.
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Jul 16, 2015 12:44am
Thank you, Sir.
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Jul 16, 2015 12:47am
Befitting reply to these bully terrorists from our national forces.
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Jul 16, 2015 12:53am
The youngest casualty of War on Terror did not belong to APS Peshawar. He died while still in the womb of his mother who was shot in the mouth by criminals of Punjab Police in ModelTown. If the smallest coffins are indeed the heaviest to carry, then that unborn martyr holds all of us in supreme debt. The brutality perpetrated against that unborn angel cannot be separated from the savagery of Peshawar. APS tragedy is more relateable to me than most people because of my military schooling. But he who only pines over the loss of Peshawar and forgets the massacre of Model Town and spares its perpetrators is as big a criminal in my eyes as Fazalullah or Rana Sanaullah.
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Jul 16, 2015 12:53am
What about the KP Govt who's negligence allowed the APS attack? They were very specifically warned about it but they ignored the warnings and were busy dancing on containers in dharna! Always the smaller fish are nabbed/killed and the big fish gets away!
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Jul 16, 2015 01:19am
sir, thats great. but dont forget about holding ppl accountable for this. those who r paid to prevent and preempt these type of things must also meet their fate. and things should start from top
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Jul 16, 2015 01:24am
GEN, great determination and resolve. You seems to be the last hope for Pakistan. Nation of ours need a guide/leader to pull it from the current existings numerous difficulties. Congratulations and Happy Eid Mubarik.
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Jul 16, 2015 01:31am
We love Gen. Shareef, All Pakistan loves you, all peace lovings love you. We all salute you for your courage and determination.
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Jul 16, 2015 01:32am
@Nauman M
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Jul 16, 2015 01:44am
Thank you for your professionalism and brave decisions to take the fight to the terrorists until every last one of them is rid of from the face of the planet!
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Jul 16, 2015 01:52am
The army has done a fantastic job in destroying the terrorists , and they have the support off the entire nation , it does not matter what these corrupt politicans say any more , the fact is that the army will not stop just in north pakistan , they will uproot all terrorists in the whole off pakistan , and that is very evident from the current military leadership , as they know the country can not function the way it has been, but the greatest challenge is with in pakistan , the corrupt political and civil set up, nothing will be won till we defeat the enemy off our country from with in us
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Jul 16, 2015 01:52am
Salute to you sir .
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Jul 16, 2015 01:54am
Blanket statement with assumptions.
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Jul 16, 2015 02:09am
A sweeping statement with lots of assumptions.
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Jul 16, 2015 02:10am
Proof of pudding is in eating. Where are the facts? It's just an statement.
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Jul 16, 2015 02:26am
Well done Pak army
General reheel done very well . He is true face of hope
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Jul 16, 2015 02:30am
Shaheed ka Azeem bhai, Fakhre Pakistan. My Salam to General Raheel Sharif.
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Jul 16, 2015 02:31am
Who trained them, who financed them , who allowed them to operate with impunity , who nurtured them, who showers them with rose petals , who sent C130s to Kabul to pick some of them up after 9/11 and who regularly does deals with them?
I await your answer
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Jul 16, 2015 03:18am
well, that is a good thing. My condolences to parents of innocent kids who lost their lives
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Jul 16, 2015 03:22am
@Javed
Ajmal Kasab came from a country called Pakistan, and he was supported by Lakhvi and Hafeez sayeed. Who are you most famous exports and imports
1. Ajmal kasab and his nine brothers
2. Khalid sheikh mohammad
3. the time square bomber
4. People killing Chinese in China
imports
1. Dawood ibrahim
2. Osama bin laden
go figure out what you need to do..
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Jul 16, 2015 03:24am
@shyam Who? Mumbai Attacks oh really the artificially fabricated similar to 9/11
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Jul 16, 2015 03:28am
@shyam;
'what about terrorists who did Mumbai attacks ?'
All ten of them are already dead, including the one who was executed after a trial.
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Jul 16, 2015 03:32am
The man of destiny.Hota hai jada-paima phir caravan hamara.
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Jul 16, 2015 03:37am
Great! General Raheel reiterated his commitment to eliminate terrorism from the country. I only wish that financial terrorism is also eliminated soon.
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Jul 16, 2015 04:05am
Killing killers is revenge, or at worst Murder.
How are we sure, the right people have been killed.
It is better to Identify them, expose them and their facilitators, and then let The courts give the the punishment.
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Jul 16, 2015 04:26am
@Javed Bravo and well said.
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Jul 16, 2015 04:30am
Terrorists involved in APS attack have met their fate: Gen Raheel
Why wasn't it made public?
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Jul 16, 2015 04:39am
I wish that public was made aware of the identities of the culprits, their leaders, their collaborators, their financiers etc, because doubts still linger with such generalized statement. I still wish to spit on an identifiable picture of a participant or leader of this terrorist gang.
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Jul 16, 2015 04:46am
Terrorism is a big problem in Pakistan, but the solution of terrorism is only small part of the overall solution. Corrupt and inept government is the biggest problem. It is the mother of all problems.
It makes me so sad that the people of Pakistan are unable to do any thing to solve their problems. Unless the people follow the advice of Sheikh Rashid, come out on the roads, and practically throw this government away, the status qua will continue.
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Jul 16, 2015 04:47am
keep up he good work Nation is behind you. God bless you.
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Jul 16, 2015 05:04am
As long as the status quo is maintained, terrorism shall continue to exist in one form or the other. The new generation of Pakistan want radical changes in the system.
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Jul 16, 2015 05:33am
Personally I would like to see some evidence of people being brought to justice over that terrible incident...
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Jul 16, 2015 05:35am
Does that mean the war will go on for ever?
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Jul 16, 2015 05:49am
what about civilian casualty? ....never mentioned in the report
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Jul 16, 2015 05:50am
@Sub se pehle pakistan the guy you blame for samjhota is busy shaking the hands of world leader lined up to see him..get in line with your complaint
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Jul 16, 2015 05:58am
Any photos, names, titles, details? I guess not!
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Jul 16, 2015 06:24am
What about the terrorists based in Punjab? Everyone knows who they are where they are? What is preventing Gen Raheel to clean them up? Are we playing games here and just words for public consumption or are we serious about getting rid of terrorists from our soil?
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Jul 16, 2015 06:27am
Just because our army chief says so! We should ask ourselves who were the terrorists, when were they killed? Where is the proof?
Like all things in Pakistan, everything the army says we thinks its true. They are not answerable to parliament nor people? We need to start asking critical questions now.
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Jul 16, 2015 06:47am
Sacrifice made by school children.???.please don't call it as sacrifice.
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Jul 16, 2015 08:20am
" .. most of the terrorists involved in the attack on Army Public School (APS) Peshawar have met their fate .." I thought MOST had met their fate on the same day.
Physical terrorism [almost always] ha sits roots in economic 'terrorism'/ oppression.
Until the CAUSE is eliminated you will have to keep fighting the cockroaches.
[you cannot get rid of cockroaches by killing them; the filth must go]
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Jul 16, 2015 09:54am
@adeeb And surely those terrorists are killing more people than terrorists with guns. Mr. Sharif, work on to eliminate corruption from the society. Corruption is main cause of these terrorists activity. If police will set free a criminal, how come we will see a society without terrorists on streets; this is just an example.
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Jul 16, 2015 10:23am
@ukz what a lovely comment. we are so proud and blessed to have this man with us. God bless him.
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Jul 16, 2015 12:03pm
@Salim Khan The army is answerable. What does being answerable have to do with this? Do parliamentarians fight our enemies or does the military?
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