PM Shehbaz called national unity by setting differences to tackle terrorism

Peshawar: (Staff Reporter) Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif called for national unity by setting aside differences to tackle the menace of terrorism as the country recently witnessed one of the deadliest attacks on security forces in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s capital Peshawar amid new wave of terrorism sparked since November last.

According to the source, the premier expressed this view while addressing a huddle of the Apex Committee at the KP Governor House days after a suicide bomber targeted worshippers in a mosque of the Peshawar Police Lines one of the highly-fortified zones killing over 100 people and injuring more than 200 others.

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As per details, the meeting was attended by KP’s caretaker Chief Minister Azam Khan, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah, Punjab’s interim CM Mohsin Naqvi, Chief of Army Staff General Asim Munir, and officials of intelligence agencies.

Furthermore the moot was called to consider steps to eradicate terrorism and upgrade the Counter-Terrorism Department and police in the wake of the deadly terrorist attack.

Moreover expressing solidarity with the families of the victims of the Jan 30 suicide blast in Peshawar, the premier said every stakeholder should play its role to eradicate the menace of terrorism.

Meanwhile Mr. Sharif said political, social and religious leadership was united for eliminating the menace of terrorism from the country, adding: “We will continue to fight until eradication of terrorism in the country”.