ISLAMABAD: The government requested on Thursday all parliamentary leaders to bring forward names of representatives for an anti-terror plan-of-action committee.
According to the PM House, the names given so far are PML-Q’s Mushahid Hussain Syed, ANP’s Afrasiab Khattak, PTI’s Shah Mehmood Qureshi, JUI-F’s Akram Khan Durrani, JI’s Fareed Paracha, PPP’s Qamar Zaman Kaira and Rehman Malik.
The committee is set to hold its first meeting tomorrow (Friday) at 4pm in the Parliament committee room.
The political leadership vowed on Wednesday to avenge the dastardly massacre of 148 people at a Peshawar school and to eliminate every single terrorist "without discrimination".
“We have decided to draft a national plan of action against terrorists and act upon it immediately,” Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said while reading out decisions taken at a meeting of heads of all parliamentary parties at the Governor House in Peshawar.
The committee, under Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar, will prepare a national plan of action against terrorism and present its report to the national leadership within seven days. The plan will be presented to the public after the approval of the political leadership.
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And what exactly they will do and recommend. The topic is broad and complex and morons who can't sit in the Parliament are going to work! That will be another shocker.
They are just letting the time passed by. Govt and all the political parties who are showing unity at this times don't seems serious. This unity is just a drama, another tactics to fool the nation, nothing will come out
Our government is always sleeping and only wakes up when something horrible happens. They will not do anything on this matter as well. They are useless and baggers. Only looking for foreign Money $$ that's what they are here for. I totally agree that this matter will also be forgotten in matter of Days.I wish at least now they should get a Wake Up call Terrorists are coming for innocent people. Please save us and save people of Pakistan. We want to Live in freedom. I pray for the departed Souls. May they get internal Peace. R.I.P. :( I am very Sad on this situation.
Please include Javaid Ghamdi, Tahir Ul Qadri, Imran Khan, Aitezaz Ahsan, and find the educationists and scholars who will help rewrite the code for tolerance within the society to limit any of this from happening in the future.
Lack of sincerity of all committees remains valid till the time if two recommendations are not included in the findings ie de-politicization of civil police and holding local bodies elections on non-party bases immediately.
One more fancy lunch. That's it.
I don't understand why terrorism needs so many committee's. What a joke.
Form all the committees you like, but while judges free terrorists on bail such as Lakhnvi with total impunity, I guess your committees will amount to nil Mr. Sharif. Time to as you said not differentiate between so called "good" or "bad" with bold action to support your words. The people of Pakistan are tired/disgusted with such dilly dallying and total loss of common sense if not intellect.
From the "government" 's response, it seems that to them Tuesday's carnage was the first act of terror in Pakistan. After 48 plus hours of the inhuman slaughter at Peshawar, they are still "requesting names for anti-terror plan-of-action committee" from amongst them. It shouldn't be beyond the scope of anyone's imagination what kind of an ""action plan"" this incapable, corrupt and worthless lot can come up with.
I think government is not serious. People give mandate to PMLN to govern the country. They have simple majority in the parliament. Why are the waiting for consensus. Developing consensus in our society is very difficult. We saw in past that it became a headache for PPP government to bring all politicians on one page for the approval of 18th Amendment. Timings is very important for any action. As the days pass by,the pain of Peshawar incident will also be reduced. Nawaz Sharif as Prime Minister should take reins in his hand and make all involved people to work day & night for the formulation of counter terrorism policy.
Can anyone name a single time when a "committee" resolved anything in Pakistan? At a minimum Sharif should have presented a general plan when he had the political leaders assembled yesterday -- called for a vote so that the Taliban apologist would have to go on record and face the wrath of the nation. Just more evidence that Sharif is a weak leader.
Rehman Malik? The person who failed Benazir Bhutto as her security adviser and then failed this nation as an interior minister. Thousands died while he was holding that ministry. Come on PPP. The nation expects better from you
Enough already! Cut the red tape in this case. Where is the sense of urgency? What should happen that will woke them from slumber?
Please expedite the whole process. we need justice for all victims as soon as possible. Go attack Afghanistan if needed we dont care now..
Delaying tactics! An why is Fareed Paracha (JI) and Akram Durrani (JUIF) in the committee, they have always been opposed to action against TTP.
They scumbags should have formed a committee the day they held MPC. And what will be size of this committee? Does it mean all the onezes and twozes parties will have representation in that committee as well? As more of these clowns be part of the committee longer it will take to arrive at any decisions.
Shouldn't committee be limited to top three parties instead of asking everyone to join the circus? Timing is of essence before we forget this tragedy but it still can't be found anywhere.
WHY TOMORROW ......... is their beauty sleep more important than the issue at hand ?
48 Hours gone without any tangible action.
why not yesterday??? these delays and formalities are wasting time. where is the sense of urgency. its been 48 hours already and we dont even have a committee yet, mark my words, we ll forget these kids very soon, like we forgot wagah martyrs. waiting for another tragedy to happen