MINGORA, April 14: The peace parleys with militants by the Awami National Party-led NWFP government will not be effective unless hardline cleric Maulana Fazlullah and his militant commanders surrender.This was revealed by Major Gen Nasar Janjua, in charge of Swat operation, in a briefing to journalists at the Army Fort in Malakand on Monday.

He said that before initiating any talks with the militant group in Swat the provincial government should ensure that the Maulana Fazlullah, also known as Maulana Radio, along with his close aides surrender to the government and the cases filed against him during the insurgency in the valley be followed in the court of law.

Otherwise, the general said, the militants would get time for regrouping in case of failure of dialogue. Unveiling the military developmental package, Gen Janjua said the army had allocated 100 million rupees that would be spent under the Quick Impact Project, scheduled to be started next week at each union council in the Swat district.

Regarding casualties during the operation, the general said that eleven personnel of law enforcement agencies were killed while 70 militants were killed and 50 to 60 were injured till now during the operation. He said 1,289 suspects out of total 1,310 detainees were interrogated, while 21 are still under interrogation. 58 of them were declared black, 125 grey, 1,104 white and 1,087 of them were released so far, he said.

District Police Officer, Swat Yameen Khan had requested the NWFP Inspector General Police Riffat Pasha at that time for army’s deployment due to lawlessness and growing influence of militants in Swat.

The chief secretary NWFP requested the federal government on behalf of the Durrani-led MMA government for the deployment of the army to control situation in the troubled region.