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GHQ meeting agrees on decisive action against militants
PM assures military required amendments to be made in anti-terror lawsINP
RAWALPINDI – Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif chaired a high level meeting on national security at the General Headquarters in Rawalpindi on Friday.
During the meeting it was agreed that decisive action would be taken against terrorists. The meeting was attended by Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif and other senior military and civil officials. The prime minister was briefed by Director General of Inter-Services Intelligence Lt General Rizwan Akhtar about the security situation in Pakistan and steps taken to eliminate terrorists.
The meeting also focused on the ongoing Zarb-e-Azb operation in North Waziristan and the future course of action following the recent terrorist attack at a school in Peshawar that killed more than 142 persons, mostly schoolchildren. Upon his arrival at GHQ, the prime minister was received by the army chief General Raheel Sharif. Minister for Interior Chaudhry Nisar and Finance Minister Ishaq Dar accompanied the prime minister.
According to reports, the meeting concluded with the two sides expressing strong resolve to eradicate terrorism from Pakistan, senior security sources said. The leadership agreed that no leniency would be extended to terrorists and tough steps would be taken in this regard. The army chief also took the prime minister into confidence over his meetings with the Afghan leadership.
It was also decided that security at the Pak-Afghan border would be tightened in order to restrain cross-border movement of militants. The meeting also decided that the operation being conducted in North Waziristan and Khyber would be expanded and militant hideouts would be targeted in Tirah valley of Khyber as well as in other tribal areas in the next stage of Zarb-e-Azb.
Government assured that the armed forces that all necessary resources, information and cooperation would be extended for the elimination of terrorists. The prime minister also assured the military leadership that required amendments would be made in anti-terror laws. It was also decided that intelligence-sharing between civilian and military intelligence agencies would be strengthened to trace militants and their hideouts in tribal areas as well as in major cities.
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