Report in Dawn, Dec 17th, 2020
PESHAWAR: Awami National Party has said that terrorists are regrouping in different parts of the country, urging the government to implement National Action Plan in real sense to restore lasting peace.
ANP president Asfandyar Wali Khan in a statement here on Wednesday said that government failed to enforce all points of NAP and anti-state elements were regrouping in many areas including Buner, Dir, Swat, Bajaur and Quetta.
He stressed said that immediate and across the board action should be taken to eliminate the menace of terrorism once for all. Expressing sympathies with the families of the martyred of Army Public School, he said that NAP was devised after the APS tragedy but the wounds of affected families could not be healed up due to lack of government’ will to hit hard the terrorists.
The ANP chief said that APS tragedy brought the military and civilian leadership on the same page to take unified action and restore peace in the country. He said that government should take stern action against all those people, who were involved in attacks on educational institutions.
Mr Khan said that government should put peace on top of its priorities to overcome lawlessness and pave way for development and progress of the country.
The ANP chief said that better relations with Afghanistan were must. He linked peace in Pakistan with restoration of peace in Afghanistan. He said that negotiations for restoration of peace in Afghanistan were also important for Pakistan and the entire region.
He said that all stakeholders should play active role for success of the ‘Afghan owned and Afghan-led’ dialogue.
Meanwhile, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz provincial president Amir Muqam also asked government to take practical steps for protection of people and strengthening of national economy instead of making tall claims.
In a statement here on Wednesday, he expressed sympathies with the families of the APS tragedy victims and said that it was duty of the government to take effective steps for restoration of peace.
The PML-N leader said that terrorists shed blood of thousands of people belonging to different walks of life including law enforcers, elected representatives, students and journalists and caused irreparable loss to the country.
Mr Muqam said that government was unable to take effective steps for restoration of peace and strengthening of economy. He added that government focused its attention only on victimisation of opposition leaders.
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