Summary Every obstacle in the way of restoration of peace will be eliminated, he said.
PESHAWAR (Dunya News) – Federal Minister for Interior Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has said that dialogue with Taliban is still a priority and that the acts of terrorism will be severely and timely dealt with.
Addressing media here on Thursday, he said that every obstacle in the way of restoration of peace will be eliminated. Terrorism will be timely and severely dealt with, he maintained.
Ch Nisar also said that there is no chain of command among civil and military agencies adding there are 26 intelligence agencies operating but they have no coordination among themselves. There will be no politicking on the matter of national security, he said.
Where there will be militancy, there will be action, he said.
Interior minister also said that terrorism is imposed on Pakistan for past 13 years adding that the intelligence sharing will be practiced on federal and provincial level. The acts of terrorism will be intolerable on streets, he said.
It merits mentioning here that Interior Minister said on Wednesday while discussing National Counter Terrorism Policy that the government has introduced basic change in its policy on terrorism and decided to target terrorist leadership in their headquarters.
He said the government gave priority to dialogues with those who wanted to talk.
The Interior Minister said talks were held with commitment and transparently; however‚ unfortunately the violence in the country did not come to an end. He said the Prime Minister in the wake of grave violent incidents decided to suspend the talks. He said violence and talks cannot go side by side. The Interior Minister told the National Assembly that input of all the stakeholders was taken for the formulation of policy.
He said the National Counter Terrorism Authority will be made fully functional to deal with all the terror-related issues. He said a rapid response force will initially be established in Islamabad with manpower of five hundred personnel. This force will be replicated in all the four provinces after consultation of the provincial governments. This Anti-Terrorism force will be fully equipped to enable it react rapidly to any terror incident. Similarly‚ an internal security department will be established to enhance cooperation among civil Armed Forces.
