ISLAMABAD:
Government officials revealed on Sunday that over 600 terrorists have been arrested since the approval of the National Action Plan (NAP) against terrorism.
These terrorists were arrested in an ongoing countrywide eradication over the past seven weeks, officials monitoring the NAP execution said on Sunday.
They have been categorised by military and civilian agencies as ‘jet-black terrorists’ and are to be sent to the interior ministry with a recommendation for trials in military courts, the officials added.
Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan will decide whether the cases of these 600-plus terrorists would be sent to the military courts or to anti-terrorism courts set up under the Pakistan Protection Act.
“We are in a state of war and we cannot live in a state of denial,” said Senator Afrasiab Khattak of the Awami National Party (ANP), according to a private media outlet.
He claimed that all banned outfits were headquartered in Punjab where they were operating under different names. He further claimed that terrorists were also sheltering in Punjab – the province where the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz is in power.
PPP Senator Farhatullah Babar said clarity in policy was necessary. He called upon the government to take action against all militant groups.
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