Zardari warns against 'appeasing' Pak militants

ISLAMABAD: Former President Asif Ali Zardari has warned against "appeasing" the militants, saying the attack by the Pakistani Taliban that claimed the lives of two top army officers shows the futility of the policy.

"If there has been any doubt about the futility of appeasing the militants, these must be removed by the incident in upper Dir on the eve of International Democracy Day," Zardari said yesterday.

His comments came on a day when the Pakistani Taliban killed Maj Gen Sanaullah, Lt Col Touseef and a Lance Naik in an IED blast in Upper Dir of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.



The incident led to widespread criticism from analysts and the local media here who questioned the recent resolution of an all party conference to hold talks with the Taliban and other militant groups.

Zardari's PPP was also part of the conference. Zardari paid glowing tributes to all those who laid down their lives and endured imprisonment and exile for the protection and preservation of democracy in the country while also warning the people to the new forms of threats to democracy, an official statement here said.

The former President said the greatest threat to democracy emanated from the militant mindset who sought to impose their agenda through force.

"We must be on the guard against the extremist mindset and must not allow appeasing the militants and extremists," he said. Zardari also warned the people against "yet another dimension of the threat to democracy".

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