Taliban will burn your palaces in Islamabad, Lahore: spokesman

[Shah-i-Kot]

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Taliban will burn your palaces in Islamabad, Lahore: spokesman

*Nawaz govt responsible for loss of life, property *Militant group warns foreign firms to leave Pakistan

• AFP
• June 16, 2014, 1:40 pm
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan – The Taliban on Monday warned foreign firms to leave Pakistan and vowed retaliatory strikes against the government after the Pakistan Army launched a long-awaited offensive in a tribal area.
The statement came as Pakistan's major cities braced for a backlash by deploying thousands of soldiers and paramilitaries while placing hospitals on high alert for incoming casualties. The offensive on North Waziristan was launched a week after a brazen insurgent attack on the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi.

“We warn all foreign investors, airlines and multinational corporations that they should immediately suspend their ongoing matters with Pakistan and prepare to leave Pakistan, otherwise they will be responsible for their own loss,” spokesman Shahidullah Shahid said in a statement. “This thing is clear to all that the capital gained (by Pakistan) through your activities and trade falls on innocent tribal women and children like fire and iron,” he added.

The group also vowed to take revenge on the government. “We hold Nawaz Sharif's government and the Punjabi establishment responsible for the loss of tribal Muslims' life and property as a result of this operation,” the statement said. “The retaliatory actions of the mujahedeen (militants) will make you a cautionary tale in history.”

Shahid added the Taliban would ‘burn your palaces in Islamabad and Lahore’ referring to the capital city and the prime minister’s hometown from where he derives his support base. “Remember that you will once again crave for negotiations and peace, but then it would be too late,” he added.

The warning came as major cities beefed up their security, as troops were seen patrolling the streets of Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi. “The security of the capital was already on alert, but a new alert had been issued,” an Islamabad police spokesman told AFP.

“Some 3,000 policemen have been deployed in Islamabad on security duties and patrolling has been increased,” he said, adding that troops and paramilitary rangers had also joined them, without giving any figure. Police in Karachi have declared a red alert and cancelled leave for all 27,000 personnel, spokesman Atiq Shaikh told AFP.

In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province which borders the tribal zone, the government has declared a state of emergency in all hospitals and asked them to prepare for incoming casualties, provincial health minister Shahram Khan Tarakai said in a statement.

[Da Bannu Mazdigar]

They are now playing the ethnic cards but they should know that today they are hated by the pashtuns more than anyone else.Because they are responsible for destroying our lives.

[Shah-i-Kot]

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Security on high-alert across country

June 16, 2014, 4:41 pm
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ISLAMABAD- Security has been placed on high-alert across Pakistan following the launch of an operation against terrorists in North Waziristan Agency.
In the federal capital a decision has been taken to deploy Rangers at all important buildings and check points while police presence has been increased. The checking of vehicles entering and exiting the city has also been heightened. Security has increased at sensitive areas of Karachi while barriers have been placed in the red zone. Law enforcement agencies have also increased checking of vehicles.
In Lahore and other cities of Punjab, security has been placed on high-alert while vacations of police personnel have been cancelled. Additional police has been deployed at entry and exit points of cities in the province. Fool-proof security arrangements have also been made at cantonment and army areas. Apart from increasing security across the province the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has also declared emergency at government hospitals in Peshawar.

[Toramana]

The very nature of this war is ethnic. Punjab versus Pashtuns although these are only Pashtuns who have not decided yet whether they have to join the war as a national war. Punjabis on the other hand consider it their war though say it between the lines. The day Pashtun decide to make it Pashtun national war, it will become a true war between Punjabis and Pashtuns.

[Zubr-Zubr]

Allahu Akbar! Islamabad, Lahore and all the Punjab will be destroyed. Nawaz and those who support it should be punished for crimes against Waziristans Pashtuns. Punjabi city must be destroyed as well as the now destroyed Miran Shah, Mir Ali and other cities in the tribal areas. Punjabis destroyed the homes of Pashtuns means Pashtuns will destroy the house of Punjabis. Allah is a witness of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan wanted to resolve the crisis peacefully, through negotiations. Nawaz himself guilty of the negotiations failed.