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Terrorism cannot be eliminated overnight: Nisar
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Interior Minister, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said that terrorism could not be eliminated overnight.
The interior minister addressing the parliamentary panel here on Wednesday said when the military operation was launched it was decided that civil-military forces would require time to counter terrorism and the police was not equipped for this purpose. “At this time approximately 10,000 soldiers are deployed in Pakistani cities for the purpose of counter-terrorism.”
The interior minister added that despite the federal and Punjab governments, no other province had requisitioned under Article 245 for the army’s deployment. “The army will be withdrawn if there is no requisition,” Nisar said while also informing the panel that it was the army which was acting as a rapid response force.
The interior minister also spoke of restrictions being placed on the media over the glorification of terrorists. “If news related to terrorists is not ignored it would mean that they are at par with what the government and army is doing.”
Nisar also called for the Red Book for most wanted terrorists to be updated on a regular basis and financing of terrorist orgainsations to be stopped.
The parliamentary panel is meeting today to finalise recommendations made by the Anti-Terrorism National Action Plan Committee (ATNAPC) which will then be presented during the joint sitting or parliament.
Courtesy www.thenews.com.pk