K-P moves to get terror genie back in bottle

Meeting mulls strategy to contain assaults on security personnel

PESHAWAR:

The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government is strategizing on how best to get the terror genie back into the bottle.

The province has been rocked by rising incidents of terror attacks on police personnel this year, sapping the morale of the force.

A high level meeting to review the law and order situation in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) was held here on Thursday with Caretaker Chief Minister Muhammad Azam Khan in the chair.

The meeting reviewed in detail the overall law and order situation across the province, and deliberated upon the future line of action to improve the situation to the desired level.

Participants of the meeting were given detailed briefing on the latest security situation of the province, and steps being taken by police, especially the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD), to counter and prevent the incidents of terrorism in the province.

The meeting was informed that during the current year, a total of 140 major and minor incidents of terrorism took place across the province; and in majority of those incidents, the law enforcement agencies were targeted.

It was further revealed that due to the timely response and preventive measures taken by police, dozens of terrorism attempts and plans of attacks were foiled during the period.

It was decided in the meeting to take action against unregistered vehicles, vehicles with tinted glass as well as unregistered motorcycles

Published in The Express Tribune, April 7^th, 2023.