'Pak govt to consult Imran before operation against militants'

The Pakistan government today said Imran Khan would be consulted before any military operation is launched against the militants in the tribal belt.
Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid said Khan, the chief of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party which heads the provincial government in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, would be included in all kinds of consultations.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif believes in the supremacy of law and the government's writ would be established on every inch of the country, he said, adding that the government was determined to tackle all internal challenges by all means.
Rashid, in response to a question on the role of "foreign elements" in terror acts, said the "foreign hand" would be eliminated once the government succeeded in bringing the people involved in subversive acts to the right path.

The Minister was quoted by the state-run APP news agency as saying the government would take Khan into confidence on the issue of military operation against terrorists.
All the issues being faced by the nation would be discussed in the forthcoming session of the National Assembly, the Minister said.

"All the institutions perform their roles as per the policy of government and work within their constitutional limits," he said.
Amidst fears of a military offensive against militants, thousands of people have fled the North Waziristan tribal region, which has witnessed heavy bombing by the air force in retaliation for a string of terror attacks targeting security personnel.

Rumours of an impending military operation in the tribal belt also did the rounds in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.