Nation united against terrorism: minister
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The day of December-16 reminds the nation of painful and bitter memories of the Army Public School (APS) terror attack tragedy and Fall of Dhaka, said Minister for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan on Wednesday.
The minister said on December 16, 2014, terrorists had attacked the APS Peshawar and targeted the innocent students. The whole nation was still saddened over the cruelty and brutality faced by the students and teachers on the 'horrific' day even the passage of six years.
He said the nation was united and determined to purge the country of terrorist elements, adding the blood of innocent students and teachers would not go waste.
He said the December 16 was also remembered in national history as the 'breaking day' as on the same day in 1971 the country succumbed to external conspiracies and lost one of its parts.
Now, he regretted that the leadership of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) was becoming part of the same conspiracies for their gains and playing in the hands of anti-state elements.
The minister said patriotic Pakistanis would fail the designs of PDM by exhibiting greater unity among their ranks and standing shoulder to shoulder with their armed forces to fail all sinister moves against the motherland.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 17th, 2020.