Pakistan’s top civil and military leadership acceded to implement the National Action Plan (NAP) in a period of two-and-a-half month.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and top military commanders joined their heads in the federal capital on the NAP to discuss the loopholes in their counterterrorism strategy following a horrific suicide bombing in Quetta that killed 72 people.
Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, Defence Minister Ishaq Dar, Chief of the Army Staff General Raheel Sharif and Director General Inter Services Public Relations Lieutenant General Asim Bajwa, Adviser to Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Tariq Fatemi and Adviser to Prime Minister on National Security Lieutenant General (R) Nasir Khan Janjua were among the attendees of the high-level meeting.
The participants reiterated that the war against terror would continue nationwide but this time, with more aggressive strategy and strict laws.
