The meeting of the National Security Committee , which is the highest body watching the security affairs of the country, has urged upon speeding up operations against terrorism.
The meeting was held under the Chairmanship of Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif in which top brass of military including Chief of Army Staff General Asim Munir, Chairman Joints Chiefs of Staff Committee General Sahir Shamshad Mirza , Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Babar, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Muhamad Amjad Khan Niazi were present .
The committee reviewed the current political and economic situation of the country. DG ISI Lt. Gen Nadeem Anjum briefed the meeting about the security of the country.
The menace of terrorism is raising its head again in the country especially in the border areas of Balochistan, where several army men were martyred during the last ten days in different incidents. The terrorists are using Iran and Afghanistan soil to attack the convoys of Pak Army.
In a recent operation against terrorists, the army has taken a high value target, founder leader of the banned Balochistan National Army (BNA) Gulzar Imam allias Shambay in an intelligence based operation.
It is quite obvious that some foreign agencies are funding and supporting the terrorism in Pakistan, while the Pak Army is involved in the consecutive operations against terrorism for the last three decades in different areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan near the borders.
Once, some 10 years ago, Pakistan was in the grip of terrorism as the bomb blasts occurred on an almost daily basis in different cities of the country . The nation has given a lot of sacrifices and thousands of civilians , army , rangers and police personnel lost their lives and faced financial loss of billion rupees during the period of Afghan war. Then Pak Army started the operation and got success in controlling the terrorism .
After living some time in peace Pakistan had to face another tendency of targeted killings, in which politicians , Islamic scholars and people belonging to particular sect were targeted in many parts of the country .Then Pak Army once again came into action and flush out terrorism from the country .But after some time of interval new wave of insurgency increases again from the borders areas of the country.
There are certain groups which are imposing threats to Pakistan by challenging the writ of the government including Tehrik Taliban Pakistan (TTP) , Balochistan Liberation Army(BLA) Balochistan National Army(BNA) , Daish and ISIS.
The terrorists could not get big achievements due to the reason that the entire nation is standing behind the army in the war against terrorism. The army always came up to the expectations of the nation and it is hoped that once again the security forces will take lead in eliminating the menace of terrorism.
Now it is the need of the hour that all the nation should be united against terrorism by keeping political and religious differences at back .