APC on Swat operation.

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ISLAMABAD: The government has announced here convening an all parties’ conference APC) on Swat operation on May 18

People’s Party Federal Minister for parliamentary affairs, Babar Awan making an announcement in this regard said that the national leaders would be taken into confidence in matters relating to the underway operation in Swat and Malakand.

Babar Awan said that APC would be held in the prime minister House, where non-parliamentary parties would also be invited to attend..

Meanwhile, he said that the Army Chief, General Ashfaque Pervaiz Kayani would be giving a briefing tomorrow to the parliamentary leaders on the ongoing operation in northern areas.

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ISLAMABAD ( 2009-05-14 14:28:44 ) :Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Thursday said that the government will militarily win the on going operation in Malakand and Swat but stressed the need for winning minds and hearts of the public.

“Militarily we will win the war, but it will be unfortunate if we loose it publicly,” he said speaking in the National Assembly.

The people who have been displaced due to the ongoing operation, the largest migration since the creation of Pakistan, are “our brothers, sisters and children and we should win their minds and hearts,” he said.

The prime minister, assuring government’s full support to these people, said that they are rendering invaluable sacrifices to secure the future of the country.

“The people of Pakistan have same passion and love for these displaced persons which they displaced during the 2005 earthquake,” he added.

“I am immediately calling the donors’ conference, but I am expecting from the nation to help these displaced persons,” he added.

The Prime Minister said that Special Support Group (SSG) has been formed to institutionalise aid and management of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and the results will begin to show in two to three days.

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