PM Gilani Denies Military Operation in Balochistan

MULTAN, Pakistan: PM Gilani Denies Military Operation in Balochistan, Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that no military operation is being carried out in Balochistan.

Talking to newsmen during a visit to his hometown here Sunday, the PM maintained that the national defence and country’s nuclear arsenal are in ‘safe hands’.

The PM said that the government had asked the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during her visit to Islamabad earlier this month to take Pakistan into confidence as well while reviewing and changing United States’ Afghan policy.

Gilani said that no timeframe could be given for the completion of military ongoing offensive in South Waziristan, expressing the hope that the operation will soon be ended in the region.