PM Sharif reiterates resolve to eliminate terrorism from country

Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif has pledged that his government will not allow terrorists to resurface and play with the lives of people.

In his address to the nation over radio and television networks, he said some remnants of terrorists were attacking soft targets like educational institutions and public parks to hide their failure and despondence.

The Prime Minister said terrorist leaders and their facilitators could not escape the clutches of the law, no matter where they were hiding or in whatever disguise.

Muhammad Nawaz Sharif said the public resolve and faith were boosting the government’s morale and “Insha Allah, we will carry forward our mission to make Pakistan a cradle of peace, progress and prosperity”.

He made it clear that spreading lawlessness through arson, anarchy, damaging government property and creating problems for people in the name of Islam and Prophet Muhammad was unacceptable. He lamented that no one during the past 13 years had dared to confront the menace of terrorism and it was his government that challenged the terrorists after coming to power and launched Operation Zarb-e-Azb. The Prime Minister said Pakistani armed forces, police and civil security institutions had offered great sacrifices in the fight against terrorism, but the mission to completely efface the cancer of terrorism would continue.

He said the Lahore terrorist attack had strengthened the government’s resolve to eliminate terrorism at all costs.

The Prime Minister said terrorism had become a challenge, not only for Pakistan but also the entire world. Such waves of terrorism had recently been seen in Ankara, Istanbul, Brussels and Paris.

He said: “We have also pledged to fight poverty, illiteracy, backwardness and ignorance and make Pakistan a prosperous state.”

The Prime Minister appealed to media to continue raising the nation’s voice against extremism and terrorism, so that the destination of peace and tranquility could be achieved.