President Asif Ali Zardari said battle lines had been drawn and we will not rest till the militant mindset has been defeated.
In a message on the fourth anniversary of October 18 2007 Karsaz attack, Zardari said that four years ago nearly two hundred believers in democracy and moderation embraced martyrdom when the convoy welcoming the return of Benazir Bhutto to Pakistan was attacked by militants. He said we salute those who have laid down their lives for democracy and against militancy and their bereaved families and we reiterate our pledge to continue the fight the militant mindset. He called the attack ‘cowardly’ and said events had shown the battle against militancy was the battle for the survival of a democratic, progressive, moderate and modern Pakistan where the fate of the people is to be decided by ballot and not by bullet.
