Washington: Outlining a strategy to combat global terrorism, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has said his government will "combine" force and dialogue to flush out extremists and those misled into supporting them.

"Our strategy against global terrorism will be multifaceted. We will combine the use of force against terrorists and civil dialogue with those who, because of religious or ethnic considerations, were misled into supporting extremists," he said in an article published in Washington Post.

Pakistan intends to vigorously continue the war against terrorism with the support of the people. Pakistan must fight terrorism for Pakistan's sake, he said. Past efforts have suffered because Pakistan sought to combat terrorism only in response to international pressure, he said.

"Our policy aims to marginalise terrorists in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas and our North-West Frontier region, where the rule of law had been abandoned and territory all but ceded to al-Qaeda and the Taliban," he said.

Negotiations with the various tribes are being pursued with the help of the secular Pashtun nationalist Awami National Party, which has intimate knowledge of tribes and clans in the area, he said. "We will reform our tribal areas economically, politically and socially through measures that address the needs of the people and will integrate these areas into mainstream society," he said.

Source : PTI