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PM Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani chaired a high-level meeting in the PM House in Islamabad in which law and order situation and Waziristan operation were reviewed, Dunya News reported on Friday. According to latest reports, it is decided to start the operation Rah-e-Nijaat in South Waziristan from Sunday night. The Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani will address the nation before the start of the operation and take the nation into confidence, sources revealed. Curfew would be imposed in South Waziristan including Wana bazaar from Saturday morning. The decision is taken due to the wave of terrorist attacks in the country. A large number of tribesmen are leaving their houses in South Waziristan to various areas of nearby Dera Ismail Khan, Bannu and North Waziristan.
Talking to media after the meeting, Federal Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira said that Army Chief General Pervaiz Kayani briefed the participants about the Waziristan operation in the meeting. He told that GHQ attack and other recent attacks on security facilities were also discussed. He said that the participants lauded the performance of security forces against terrorists. Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi briefed the participants about Kerry-Lugar Bill, he said.
Finance Minister Shaukat Tareen, Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, Interior Minister Rehman Malik, Defence Minister Ahmad Mukhtar, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, MQM leader Farooq Sattar, PML-Q leader Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, Chairman Senate Raza Rabbani, ANP leader Asfandiyar Wali Khan, leader of the opposition in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali, NWFP Governor and NWFP CM were also present in the meeting.
