Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif reiterated to resolve to uproot the scourge of terrorism from the country.
Speaking to National Assembly on Wednesday, Prime Minister Sharif said that the whole nation was saddened by Monday’s horrific attack on lawyers at Civil Hospital in Quetta.
“This is the same mindset, which killed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto, which targeted Ismaili community at Safoora Chowrangi, Karachi, which carried out the attack on a Church in Peshawar and which targeted innocent children at Army Public School in Peshawar,” he added
This is the same mindset which targeted Benazir Bhutto, and other incidents from the killings of Ismailis in Safoora attack, ethnic cleansing of Hazaras in Baloachists, school children Army Public School (APS) Peshawar, churches in Lahore, and attack all sections of society including minorities took place sue to this radical mindset.
This mindset is the enemy of our society, and legal and constitutional framework of the society, and wants to attack at a time when the country was witnessing economic development including the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
He said that Operation Zarb-e- Azb was the combined consensus of the society, and would continue to flush out terrorists until they become a history.
“We have many attempts and activities of terrorists unsuccessful,” said Nawaz while remaining adamant that terrorists cannot weaken our resolve, and it was only unity at every level through which we could eliminate terrorism from the country.
He reiterated that the government, people armed forces, and the national institutions of Pakistan remain united and steadfast in their fight against terrorism.
