ISLAMABAD: Minister for Interior Affairs Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Monday said that Pakistan was winning war against terrorism but to take it to logical conclusion, the country has to win on psychological front.
“The war has not finished and we have to make an agenda and create a narrative which motivates the nation against terrorism. The nation should not lose hope as it is time of despondency for terrorists,” he said while addressing a press conference. “We should not be part of game plan of terrorists,” he said.
“Terrorists are in despair. They are trying to divide, dishearten people and focusing soft targets to demoralise the nation,” he said. “Pakistan is among nations which has a success story against terrorism,” he said. Due to sacrifices of army and security agencies in last one and a half year, the situation has considerably improved in Pakistan.
He said that 490 armed forces personnel lost their lives in the terrorist operations. According to a US country report, 45 percent decrease has been witnessed in incidents of terrorism in Pakistan, 39 percent reduction in deaths related to terrorism and 53 reduction in injured cases related to terrorism as compared to the last year.
He said that the situation has further improved in six months of this year. Despite improvement in the situation, incidents like murder of famed Qawwal Amjad Sabri and kidnapping of Barrister Awais Shah, son of the chief justice of the Sindh High Court erases performance of the past.
“What happened to son of a chief justice and family of Amjad Sabari was unfortunate. These incidents are condemnable and unfortunate. Not only the victim families, but all Pakistanis feel pain of it,” he said. When the government took over in 2013, five to six bomb explosions were taking place every day, he pointed out.
“Army’s General Headquarters and naval and air force bases were attacked. Attacks were carried out in Islamabad in which hundreds of people were killed. Now an incident takes places in months and the space has been reduced for terrorists,” the minister said.
