ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) Senator Lt General (r) Abdul Qayyum on Thursday said that the current government had reached a consensus to implement National Action Plan (NAP) in an attempt to get rid of terrorism from the country.
Speaking to a local media outlet, he said anti-state elements cannot digest the many successes Pakistan had achieved against terrorism.
He suggested that dialogue was the only way to achieve peace and resolution of problems in Afghanistan. Qayyum further said that about 934 check posts had been established to manage the border Pak-Afghan area, adding that the Afghan government should also develop a system to monitor the area on their side.
To a question about reforms, he said that credit goes to the PML-N government for developing a consensus on Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) reforms, and added that the present government had also worked for electoral reforms, and completed the process of census in the country.
He lamented that Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) government not make progress in FATA reforms, census and electoral reforms during its five-year tenure.
Replying to a question on Pakistan-US relations following the rescue of Canadian-American couple, he said the United States had commended the role of Pakistan Army for the safe recovery of the family.
