A high-level meeting chaired by Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has decided to send more troops to North West Frontier Province (NWFP) and tribal areas in the wake of an alarming rise in attacks on security personnel across the region, newspapers reported Tuesday.
The meeting, held on Monday, reviewed the law and order situation in the NWFP and the Federally-Administrated Tribal Areas (FATA where a number of security personnel and civilians were killed in the weekend suicide blast attacks.
The issue of grand jirga meeting, or meeting of tribal council, between Pakistan and Afghanistan, which was scheduled to be held in the second week of August, was also discussed, according to The News newspaper.
Musharraf expressed his sorrow over recent attacks on security personnel and directed for launching a search to nab the mastermind behind these bloody suicide bombings.
The reports did not give the number of troop reinforcements, but the Daily Times quoting private Aaj TV said the government decided to expedite the recruitment of 15,000 troops in the security forces to maintain law and order in NWFP.
Country-wide security alert has been in place following the deadly attacks on July 14-15 in the northwest frontier, which left around 70 killed and over 130 injured.
Source: Xinhua
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