Terrorists, facilitators will be targeted alike: Nawaz

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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Monday that the second round of operation Zarb-e-Azb would target terrorists hiding in cities and villages as part of renewed strategy on security for the elimination of terrorism and maintenance of law and order in the country.
He expressed these views while chairing a meeting to review the anti-terrorism strategy during which he emphasised that decisive action would be taken against terrorists. “The government will not differentiate between terrorists and their facilitators,” PM Nawaz Sharif said. Matters relating to internal and regional security including the situation in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Karachi and Balochistan were discussed in the meeting. He said that decisive action would be taken against the terrorists who spilled the blood of innocent people in Hazara Town, Quetta and Peshawar Church incidents.


PM Nawaz directed immediate drafting of bill on anti-terrorism and to be circulated and debated through provincial and national conferences, political parties, civil society and legal fraternity. The PM also agreed in principle to constitute a parliamentary committee for developing consensus on this legislation. The problems being faced by the law enforcement agencies due to absence of a potent and meaningful system and the problems caused due to low rate of conviction.

Terrorists facilitators will be targeted alike Nawaz

But, now we are going to get down to business. This time we mean it.

 

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I noticed that Pakistan has returned to executing convicted terrorists again...do you think that will continue?

 

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Yes, and I expect more of it. I expect laws will be made to deal with them.

 

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Not to derail your thread but what was the idea behind the moratorium in the first place?...

 

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Zulfikar Ali Bhutto founded the PPP. He rose to power and became the Prime Minister. After a coup by General Muhamma Zia-ul-Haq, he was he was eventually sentenced to death and subsequently executed even after he was found not guilty. Kangaroo court all the way. When his daughter, Benazir Bhutto, came to power and the PPP won again, a moratorium was issued.