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Following the recent suicide bombing in Pakistan’s Peshawar city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif called for national unity to combat terrorism on Friday.
Sharif told the Apex Committee meeting in Peshawar, which was called after an attack on a mosque in the city that killed over 100 people, that all stakeholders must work together to combat terrorism, according to Xinhua.
“It is the need of the hour that provinces and the center along with the leaderships of political parties take ownership and shun their differences … We should unite and tackle this (terrorism),” the prime minister said.
He stated that KP province recently experienced a new wave of terror incidents, necessitating capacity-building in its security departments, and that maximum support will be provided to the KP police counter-terrorism department in order to strengthen its capabilities to combat terrorism.
“In the recent attack in Peshawar, the terrorist managed to breach the security check post and reach the mosque. We should not feel hesitant in admitting the facts and faults … The occurrence of the incident due to security lapses will be probed,” Sharif said, as reported by Xinhua.
“A full-fledged investigation has been launched into the suicide attack, and the culprits behind the terrorist incident would be taken to task soon,” he added.
The prime minister stated that previous military operations had successfully eradicated terrorism from the country, and vowed that the Pakistani government would overcome the current challenge as well.
“Many people have lost their lives confronting terror. Our police and armed forces gave huge sacrifices. Our citizens were on the frontline. Their sacrifices would not be wasted,” he said.
A powerful blast ripped through a crowded mosque in Peshawar on Monday, killing at least 100 worshippers and injuring over 200 others.
Pakistani police said they had discovered a terrorist network behind the deadly suicide bombing.
Source:OCN
