Govt to take over all Madaris: Zardari
Sunday, May 10, 2009
By Muhammad Saleh Zaafir
WASHINGTON: President Asif Ali Zardari has announced that his government would take over all Madaris as part of Madaris reforms and separate the students from extremists and they would be imparted modern education along with religious education.
He also pledged to take the ongoing military operation against insurgency to its logical conclusion.
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Zardari pledged to mount an all-out war against the Taliban extremists, vowing to kill the militants in a military offensive.
“This is an offensive — this is war. If they kill our soldiers, then we do the same,” Zardari told PBS public television during a visit to Washington.
Pressed on whether Pakistan’s stated goal of “eliminating” militants meant killing them, Zardari replied in the affirmative.
“Eliminate means exactly what it means,” he said.
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