President Asif Ali Zardari has urged the international community to enhance Pakistan’s ability to fight militancy through a massive infusion of funds targeted at socio-economic development, education and employment, particularly in the tribal areas even as a key parliamentary panel has urged a peace deal with the Taliban in the country’s northwest.
Noting that more than half of the country’s 170 million population comprised youth below the age of 25, Zardari said:
“Their frustration with the current socio-economic situationand unemployment is creating a breeding ground for social unrest and militancy in the country.”
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