PESHAWAR, October 22: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood Khan has said that the people of Swat are thankful to Pak Army for restoring durable peace in Swat. He said the local civil administration and police has also been fully prepared and trained with active cooperation of army. “Provincial govt has launched a number of projects for development of Swat and welfare of people”, he said adding that efforts would be made to further streamline the civil administration and security agencies.
He was addressing as chief guest at a ceremony at Kanju Airport wherein Pak Army formally transferred administrative powers to the civil administration of Swat. Corps Commander Peshawar Lt Gen Nazir Ahmad butt (Hilal-e-Imtiaz Military), IG Police Salah-ud-Din Mehsood, Commissoner Malaknd Syed Zaheer ul Islam Shah (tamgha-e-Shujaat), DIG Malakand saeed Khan Wazir, DC Swat Saqib Raza Aslam, local MNAs, MPAs and LG representative attended.
Chief Minister said that the beautiful and scenic valley of Swat was occupied by terrorists and criminals a decade back. He said that he was himself witness to the cruelties and tyrannies of terrorists over our innocent people. “This was dark era for the people of Swat but they braved it with courage while their commitment for making Swat a cradle of peace is an unprecedented example” he exclaimed.
The Chief Minister deplored that the terrorists ruthlessly damaged the social and economic fabrics of Swat that had no match on the globe wherein our educational institutions were destroyed. Unnecessary restrictions were imposed on women while innocent citizens were killed in cold blood he added. He while appreciating the role of Pak Army, Police and People of Swat in such critical circumstances, acknowledged that they jointly faced the enemies with immense courage and rendered enormous sacrifices to defeat them.
Mehmood Khan while saluting the Pak Army said that it wrote new chapters of bravery with active support of the people. He said that defeating terrorism was difficult task that could be judged from the present plight of the neighboring country. However he said that our brave army and people made possible the impossible task with their spirit of sacrifices. – PR
