The military and national security aides presented yesterday, options to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for responding to TTP terror attacks all across the country.
Mr. Sharif’s meeting with his national security team came against the backdrop of possibly the worst wave of terrorist attacks in recent years.
Taliban militants in the country have attacked the Karachi airport, personnel of a sensitive institution in Fatehjang and troops in tribal areas and those having sanctuaries in Afghanistan have carried out deadly strikes on border posts in Bajaur. Sectarian militants affiliated with Taliban have, meanwhile, targeted pilgrims in Taftan.
Those who attended the meeting included Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif, Chief of General Staff Lt Gen Ishfaq Nadeem Ahmad and head of counter-intelligence at ISI Maj Gen Nasir Dilawar Shah.
Prime Minister Sharif has so far been sticking to the dialogue option for finding a solution to the Taliban militancy. The TTP meanwhile regularly takes responsibility over all its attacks.
