By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: The government on Friday decided to activate dysfunctional National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA) and to set up an apex committee headed by the prime minister to ensure maintenance of law and order situation in across country.
The decision was taken during a meeting of the National Security Committee presided over by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and was attended by federal ministers, services chiefs, heads of intelligence agencies and senior officials.
Member National Assembly Mohsin Dawar, leader of Awami National Party Mian Iftikhar Hussain also attended the meeting.
According to a statement issued by the PM’s Media Wing, the officials concerned briefed the NSC on the peace and security situation in the country.
The meeting reviewed the incidents that undermined the law and order in different parts of the country, including Swat.
The meeting reviewed the overall law and order situation in the country, and vowed to ensure the security of people’s lives and property at every cost.
The newly established apex committee will review the existing anti-terrorism system and identify measures to develop it on more efficient lines. The NACTA would work together with the Counter Terrorism Departments at the provincial level.
It was also decided to again make functional the system at the federal and provincial levels for countering terrorism. The counter terrorism system would be reviewed and steps would be identified so that the system could be made more effective.
This system would closely monitor the situation and bring improvement in the counter terrorism activities.
The meeting approved effective measures to provide fool-proof security to the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects.
The attendees of the meeting appreciated the role of all law enforcement institutions, including Pakistan Army, Rangers and police for establishing law and order.
The meeting declared that the nation and the state institutions are united, and have the same voice for protecting the life and property of the citizens, defence of the territorial integrity of Pakistan, rule of constitution and law, and for enforcing the writ of the state.
The NSC pledged that the whole nation is united with the clarity of mind on the above objectives, whose achievement would be ensured at every cost.
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