PM Sharif pledges to eliminate terrorism from Pakistan

As Pakistan reels from multiple incidents of terrorism Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has reaffirmed his vow to eradicate the menace amid criticism from ousted premier Imran Khan on the governments failure to curb militancy during its eightmonth stintAddressing a gathering in the Dera Ismail Khan district of the restive KhyberPakhtunkhwa province on Monday Sharif said that the menace of terrorism was on the rise and the state would crush it very soon the Dawn newspaper quoted him as sayingHe said that with the help of provincial governments and security forces the government would eliminate terrorism in all its formsAlso read Pakistan drone recovered near border in PunjabSharif said that a meeting of the National Security Committee NSC would be summoned in a few days to take stock of the security situationCommenting on the attack on a security compound claimed by the outlawed Pakistani Taliban TTP terror group in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwas Bannu district last week Sharif said it was heartbreaking and added that the law enforcement agencies conducted a successful operation killing all terrorists who had taken over the compoundMeanwhile former prime minister Khan who wants snap polls in the country at all costs and is likely to dissolve Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa assemblies lambasted the Pakistan Democratic Movement PDM government for its iquestfailureiquest to rein in terrorism after coming to power in April this yearDuring a Pakistan TehreekeInsaf meeting at his residence in Lahore Khan the chairman of the party claimed that his government had iquestcontrolled terrorism and was proudly leading the country towards making it one of the worlds top tourism destinationsiquestHe expressed his concern over the situation at the PakistanAfghan border as well He claimed there was a 52 per cent increase in terror incidents since April and chided the government for the resurgence of terrorismAt least 52 per cent increase has been recorded in terrorism cases across the country that claimed some 270 precious lives and left over 550 people injured the former premier saidSeparately PTI party leader Fawad Chaudhry told reporters that terrorism was returning to PakistanHe said that during its tenure the PTI government was proudly projecting Pakistan as the worlds top tourist destination and now the nation was being pushed into the iquestfire of terrorism and the embassies were issuing advisories to their employees to avoid fivestar hotelsiquest in IslamabadThe United States embassy on Sunday warned about a possible terror threat against American citizens at the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad and prohibited American staff from visiting the fivestar facility The Saudi Arabian embassy in Islamabad also issued a security advisory on Monday instructing its citizens in Pakistan to restrict their movementThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever