 Elders from Swat district held a jirga in the Kanju area on Sunday, and demanded the government and local Taliban leader Maulana Fazlullah find a solution to the ongoing crisis in Swat via dialogue.
| I've often wondered why so many people find it so desirable to negotiate with evil. |
The jirga was held to discuss law and order in the wake of clashes between the local Taliban militants and security forces.
| In normal countries the government's in charge and there's no argument about it, regardless of what a jirga might think. |
Opposing the ongoing military operation in Swat, the jirga members said peace should be restored in the area through dialogue and not an army operation.
| Right. Regardless of how many people Mullah Fazlullah's myrmidons bump off. |
Inamur Rehman, Muzaffar Syed, Advocate Shireen Zada, Bayroom Khan, Haji Bakhat Nazir, Ibrahim, Hazrat Rehman, Karimul Hadi, Prof Mian Noor Nawab and Gul Muhammad were the key jirga members. |