Minister of State for Privatisation Muhammad Zubair has said that civil society and military leadership are united against terrorism and would continue to fight till elimination of the menace from the country.
The entire nation including political parties, civil society and law enforcement agencies have showed unity against terrorism after Army Public School (APS) incident, he said, while talking to the state TV.
The minister said, “Civil and military leadership are on the same page regarding eradication of terrorism and our armed forces have been foiling terrorism activities in the country to give terrorists a strong message.”
He strongly condemned the terror attack in Quetta and expressed profound grief and sorrow over the loss of lives and expressed sympathy with the injured.
Muhammad Zubair said law and order situation in Balochistan had improved as compared to past and terrorism incidents had declined due to prudent policies of the government.
He said terrorists want to destabilise the country through their nefarious designs but Pakistan’s armed forces are valiantly fighting against them. The terrorist outfits that are on the run, are making desperate attempts to show their existence, he added.
He said operation Zarb-e-Azb and targeted operation in Karachi was launched with the consensus of all political parties are yielding desired results in elimination of terrorism.
Peace has been restored in metropolitan city with the operation against terrorists, target killers, street criminals and extortionists and the crime rate had declined significantly, he said.
Replying to a question, he said that constructive criticism is a right of the opposition who should identify the problems of masses and the government would sincerely resolve them.
