MARDAN: Interior Minister Chaudry Nisar Ali Khan has stated that Mardan terrorist attack is failure of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government.
Talking to newsmen here on Saturday, he disclosed that the provincial government was informed about terror threat earlier. The minister said the policies of former President Pervez Musharraf inflicted huge losses to the country.
Talking about Warsak attack, he said all those terrorists killed were foreigners. The minister reiterated resolve to eliminate terrorists and their facilitators.
He said the government and people of Pakistan are united to take the war against terrorism to its logical end.
“Terrorists are at the verge of collapse as their capacity of hard targets has been neutralized and they are now chasing soft targets in perplexity”, Nisar added.
He said the terrorists have the hideous aim of spreading hatred against the state institutions which will be put to a death knell with the courage and unity of the nation.
He said all political actors were brought on the same page in 2013 to eliminate the terrorist elements.
The Minister said with the successful operation Zarb-e-Azb and the support of people and political forces, terrorism is defeated but the facilitators still remain to be taken to task.
He urged the nation to remain united and resilient against the terrorist elements who are facing a crushing defeat in the fight.
On the occasion the minister paid tribute to the brave people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa who never showed disappointment in any calamity.
Nisar Ali Khan said the Government is particularly working on joint efforts by the federal and provincial governments to deal with the terrorist elements.
He said to completely destroy the terrorist infrastructure, the Federal and provincial governments are focusing on network and intelligence sharing.
