Nisar says the government wants to find a durable solution of the menace of terrorism. PHOTO: APP
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Thursday promised that the national security policy draft will be finalised soon and that the government has initiated fresh efforts for dialogue with militants to find a durable solution of the menace of terrorism, according to Radio Pakistan.
Addressing 170 senior civil and military officers‚ including 14 from other countries‚ participating in the National Security and War Course at the National Defence University in Islamabad.
Nisar said the government is in the process of finalising the National Security Policy to effectively counter militancy and extremism.
The minister explained that the enemy is vague and divided while he claimed that the national security policy was proactive in nature which would address problems currently faced by the country.
Dilating on the policy, Nisar said that it will have have three components — secrecy, strategic, and operational.
Further, he said that NACTA will become the focal point for counter-terrorism efforts and a Joint Intelligence Directorate will be established under this agency for intelligence analysis and coordination among various intelligence agencies.
Dialogue with militants
On the contentious subject of talks with militants, Nisar said that though the dialogue process with the militants had been disrupted with the drone strike that killed then Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan chief Hakimullah Mehsud, the government had made efforts to restart this process.
Nisar said that the government wants a durable solution to terrorism and that use of force will be a last resort.
Stopping drone stikes
The interior minister said that it has been categorically communicated to the US that drone strikes are counter-productive and must immediately be stopped and that this continues to be an irritant in the Pakistan-US relationship.
Earlier on Thursday, Nisar also briefed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif over the counter terrorism strategy and the Karachi situation.
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Lewis Carol, a wise man, once said, "Begin at the beginning and go on until you come to the end: then stop". I will not go into all the machinations which created the current problems except to point out that various militant groups are not happy with the current situation. I think that IK, another wise man, did begin at the beginning, and we should be grateful that such men stick their necks out to try and solve problems, which people at the highest level in Pakistan and other countries are not seriously attempting. Let us hope that Nisar Ali Khan is another wise man.
8 months old and the government still trying to formulate a National Security Policy, 1,000's dead in this period. Mr. Prime Minister - you have blood on your hands. Every day innocent pakistanis are loosing their lives - a woman loosing her husband, a child loosing a father, a father loosing a son. How much more can we tolerate! I also want to take this opportunity to caution you on certain mosques that I have visited in Islamabad where the Imams are freely spreading hate messages amongst the worshippers. Last Friday, I said my Juma prayers at one such mosque on zero point (F-8 sector) where the Imam in his khutba openly derided the government and the army, some among the worshippers also pointing fingers at the Military Intelligence for orchestrating violence - seemed like a brainwashing session rather than a khutba which professes Islamic teachings to the worshippers and positive thought prevails. This should not be allowed at all costs as it is creates societal issues and spreads negativity in an already explosively negative environment in the country. The Ministry of Interior and as well as Ministry of Religion should take a strong notice of this and take effective action. I admire the system in the UAE where the Friday sermon is issued to the mosques by the Ministry and is standardized throughout the UAE. Why can't be take simple measures like these to counter hatred speech at community levels? Such measures do not require a National Security Policy but common/ logical sense and boldness.
You made Shakespeare proud with your new coinage 'drone-disrupted' dialogue. This could only happen in Pakistan. Do not say a word about perpetrators and keep on humiliating innocent victims.
These all politicians just playing with us.. Now it will take 1 year to decide n enforce new policies.. That time we will b facing new probs
Nisar and PMLN failing miserably just as PPP did.