Fighting militants is the only option: Asif Zardari

President Asif Ali Zardari has said that there was no choice with the government but to fight the militants and extremists till the bitter end. He was addressing a jirga of public representatives and notables from Swat in the Presidency on Friday. The Swat Jirga was the second during this month aimed at soliciting suggestions from the local people and to focus on how best to fight the militants in the region. Attended by the Governor, Chief Minister, Federal Minister for Law and Justice Farooq Naik and Advisor Interior Rehman Malik, the Jirga was participated by about 60 notables from the area. There is no alternative but to fight them till the bitter end if we are to live as a nation in accordance with the aspirations of our people and not according to the dictates of a minority using brute force, he said.