By By Our Correspondent
Governor Salman Taseer has said that there are no terrorists training camps in Punjab and the people of the province are very peaceful.
He was talking to a delegation of 140 participants of the National Defence Course 2009/10 from the National Defence University Islamabad, led by Commandant National Security College Rear Admiral Khan Hashim Bin Siddique here on Tuesday. Taseer said Islam was a religion of peace a7nd love which gave priority to human rights and there was no concept of suicide in Islam. He said most of our Madressahs were preaching true message of Islam and they did not encourage terrorism. He said his father also got his early education from a Madressah and he was really proud of this.
To a question from the participants regarding, the governor said we were in war against terrorism. He said the nation stood united against the enemies of human beings and was fully supporting the army. He said the armed forces knocked out the extremists from Swat and would get rid of them from Waziristan.
The governor said we were united and no one could challenge our sovereignty, adding that we had a strong youth force of professionals. He said the Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) had introduced tolerance and reconciliation in politics. He said in election 2008 nation gave mix mandate to all the political parties in provinces and the PPP emerged as the party with largest mandate in the National Assembly.
He said the whole world was supporting a democratic Pakistan like grants from the US Kerry-Lugar Law and such financial assistance would help promote the country.