The Apex Committee Friday decided to engage the Taliban’s interim government in Afghanistan for a decisive and targeted operation against Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and expressed determination to safeguard people’s lives, property at all costs and to hold the terrorists to account.
Chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif at the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Governor House, 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 in Peshawar that claimed over a hundred lives earlier this week.
The committee assured the nation that those who attacked innocent Pakistanis would be punished and the government would come up to the expectations of the nation.
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The all-important huddle agreed on intelligence-sharing with the Afghan government and decided to enhance border patrolling to stop border crossings by anti-state agents from Afghanistan.
The meeting also decided to increase pressure on the Afghan government to act against the militants based on data shared by Pakistani authorities.
The meeting reviewed in detail the incidents of terrorism particularly the suicide attack on the mosque in Police Lines Peshawar on January 30 and its aftermath.
The officials of the intelligence agencies briefed the participants about the overall security situation and the action taken against the terrorists.
Inspector General Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Muazzam Jah Ansari informed the meeting about the update on the ongoing investigation into the suicide attack.
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He said that they had identified with the help of the videos the method and route used by the attacker to enter the Police Lines.
The participants prayed for the elevation of ranks of martyrs in Jannah and for grant of patience and fortitude to the bereaved families and for early recovery of the injured.
While sympathizing with the affected families, the meeting assured that blood of the martyrs would not go waste and the government and the nation stood with heirs of the martyred.
