PESHAWAR, Aug 1: The NWFP government is finalising proposals for implementing the ‘Adal regulation’ to provide speedy justice to the people of Swat and 19 militants will soon be released as per the agreement with the Taliban in the restive district.
This was said by NWFP Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti while talking to a jirga of elders from the Mardan district here on Friday, according to a handout.
The handout quoted Mr Hoti as saying that case-to-case analysis of the remaining detainees was underway and those involved in beheading innocent people and torching girls’ schools would be tried in court.
The chief minister said the provincial government stood by its stand of resolving the issue of insecurity and law and order through a political approach. However, he warned that no one would be allowed to play with the lives of innocent people or challenge the government’s writ.
He said the Pakhtuns had paid a huge price during the ongoing war against terrorism. “The decisions to please others had confronted the nation on both sides of the border with a devastating order,” he added.
After coming into power, the chief minister said, the ruling party in line with the guidance of the party leadership had adopted the course of dialogue and negotiations through the involvement of the traditional jirga system to resolve the issue of insurgency.
He said that in the light of that policy, Maulana Sufi Mohammad, head of the TNSM, was freed and despite internal and external pressure, the provincial government reached agreements with local militants.
He also hinted at involvement of foreign and internal hands in sabotaging the peace process in the troubled Swat valley.
He pledged to foil the designs of the elements who wanted to make hostage the society and to scare and torture people for accepting their demands.
The chief minister said the previous government had given a free hand to miscreants who had made strong their presence. He said the incumbent provincial government had inherited numerous crises from the past government.
Mr Hoti on this occasion appealed to the masses to follow in the footsteps of the people of Lakki Marwat and Dir who had set aside their differences and joined hands and refused to give shelter to undesirable elements in the areas.
Meanwhile, Mr Hoti paid tribute to security personnel who had laid down their lives during actions against miscreants in the troubled Swat valley.
According to a statement, the chief minister expressed sympathy with the families of the killed personnel, saying they had sacrificed their lives for maintenance of peace and establishing the writ of the government.
He maintained that use of force would be the last option against law breakers and extremists who were bent upon imposing their ideologies on others at gunpoint and were trying to establish a parallel government system.
Mr Hoti further said the recent wave of terror had entered the province from outside, which had made miserable the lives of the people of the province.
He said the sacrifices rendered by security forces for establishing the writ of the government would not go waste and peace in the province would be restored at all costs.