‘Army has ceased Swat operations’

ISLAMABAD: The military operation in Swat has been stopped and the Pakistan Army fully supports the peace deal as an instrument to find a non-military solution to the problem, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Major General Athar Abbas said while addressing a seminar on Monday. “Pakistan Army ... has backed the Swat peace deal to strengthen the hands of the political government,” he said, adding that the security of the state was the military’s top priority. staff report