Don't want to miss the best from Business Standard?
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif today reaffirmed Paksitan's "unflinching" resolve that terrorism will be eliminated from "every nook and corner" of the country as he vowed to defeat forces threatening the children from going to schools.
Sharif chaired a high-level meeting to review the progress on the implementation of National Action Plan all over the country.
The meeting was briefed about different stages of implementation of the National Action Plan (NAP), with Sharif saying that successful implementation of NAP was an imperative for everyone, according to a statement.
The Prime Minister stated that "terrorism will be eliminated from every nook and corner of the country".
"He also stated that the national resolve to fight terrorism and extremism is unflinching and those who are threatening our kids from going to schools will be defeated," according to the statement.
He chaired a similar high-level meeting three days ago during which he was briefed in detail on the January 20 Bacha Khan University attack in Charsadda that killed 21 people mostly students and the investigations made so far.
Chief of army staff General Raheel Sharif, Interior Minister Nisar Ali Khan, Director-General of Inter-Services Intelligence Lt. General Rizwan Akhtar, National Security Advisor Lt. General (R) Nasser Khan Janjua and other senior civil and military officials attended the meeting.
Meanwhile, the government has taken elaborate measures to
foil the protest and any effort to lockdown the capital as PTI chief Khan has threatened in several speeches.
All entry points to the capital are being monitored and scores of PTI workers have been arrested.
Last night a major rally led by chief minister of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa was teargassed and forced to return.
The PTI is in power in KP and hopes for a major influx of youth from the province to boost the strength of the protest.
In Punjab, which is controlled by Sharif's ruling PML-N, hundreds of PTI workers have been arrested.
Official sources said close to 2,000 people were arrested to maintain law and order. But
