Attack on Malala: Iftikhar for crackdown on Taliban across Pakistan

Minister for Information Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Mian Iftikhar Hussain Tuesday said that Malala Yousafzai was attacked for her dynamic role towards promoting peace and obtainment of education and that it is high time a crackdown on Taliban be launched in North Waziristan and other parts of Pakistan. Addressing a press conference here, Mian Iftikhar Hussain said according to initial medical report the condition of Malala, the 14-year old girl, is now out of danger. Admiring Malala Yousafzai's campaign for the promotion of peace and education, the KP Minister assured that any harm drawing near her would be thwarted and a Jihad against terrorism would continue. Mian Iftikhar said he had been advised to confine his activities within the capital city of Islamabad in view of terror threats. "It is high time a crackdown on terrorist elements be launched in Waziristan and signals for such an action have also been made by the Federation," he asserted, adding Pakistan, NATO, US and Afghanistan will have to launch a joint offensive for stamping out terrorism from the region.