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President Asif Ali Zardari said that he wants to clear Pakistan from terrorism and militancy. Zardari in an interview with British paper said that operations would in future target figures who were behind the militancy. Military operations are all across the board against any insurgent whether in Karachi, Lahore or whether he is in any part of Pakistan, he said. My problem is terrorism. I have focused myself on terror. The PPP has focused itself against the extremist mindset. Terror is a regional problem, it cuts across borders. I would love to be remembered for creating a Pakistan where militancy I know it can't totally be diminished is defeated. A day earlier Mr Zardari gained important support when Pakistan's army chief, Gen Ashfaq Kiyani, said that the immediate internal threat of Taliban militancy was greater than any external threat. He reiterated a call for the US to sell aerial drones to the Pakistan military in place of mounting cross-border attacks. My position is that I have always asked for possession of the drone; I want the Pakistani flag on it.
