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  • Jan 22nd, 2015
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Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday said the National Action Plan (NAP) would be implemented in letter and spirit in close co-ordination with all provinces for complete elimination of terrorism. "We have to implement this agenda no matter what; and all provinces have to work hand in hand," the Prime Minister said in his remarks while chairing a meeting of National Action Plan on combating terrorism, here at the Prime Minister's House.

He said the agenda was not prepared by the federal government alone but by the entire political leadership of the country. "The provinces must focus on the implementation of National Action Plan and the Centre would assist them in every possible way," he added.

He said the government had immediately taken two steps after Peshawar's tragic incident: constitutional amendment and military courts. He said implementation of National Action Plan was the key to eradicating terrorism from the country. "We will do everything to achieve this objective even if this involves special allocation of funds," he said.

The Prime Minister said the government's seriousness should not be doubted. "We are not only going after terrorists but also for those who are abetting them." "We have to succeed at all costs and there is no margin of error," he said.

He said apex committees had carried out meetings in provinces. In this regard, he mentioned the name of Punjab where as many as seven meeting have taken place so far. The Prime Minister said capacity building of all law enforcement agencies was the government's priority and stressed that transfers and postings in police should be merit-based. All chief ministers and chief secretaries briefed the Prime Minister about the progress on the implementation of National Action Plan in their provinces.

They discussed all 20 points of the plan one by one while Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan gave a briefing on their implementation status. Matters relating to the registration of Afghan refugees also came under discussion. Khyber Pukhtunkhwa Governor Mehtab Khan Abbasi, Defence Minister Khwaja Asif and Chief of the Army Staff General Raheel Sharif also attended the meeting.

Copyright Associated Press of Pakistan, 2015


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